vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/27.json

{
  "1": "And when it was decided for us to sail to Italy, they handed over both Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan regiment.",
  "2": "And having boarded a ship from Adramyttium, being about to sail to places along Asia, we set sail. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "3": "And the next day, we landed at Sidon, and Julius having treated Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.",
  "4": "And from there, having put to sea, we sailed under Cyprus because of the winds that were against us.",
  "5": "And when we had sailed across the sea past Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lycia.",
  "6": "And there, the centurion having found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, he put us on it.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "7": "And sailing slowly for many days and having arrived with difficulty near Cnidus, the wind no longer allowing us to go that way, we sailed along Crete, opposite Salmone.",
  "8": "And sailing along it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, which was near the city of Lasea.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "9": "But much time having passed, and the voyage already being dangerous because even the fast had already passed, Paul was warning them,",
  "10": "saying to them, “Men, I see that the voyage is about to be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”",
  "11": "But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than the things spoken by Paul.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "12": "But the harbor being unsuitable for wintering, the majority made a decision to sail from there, if somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenix, to spend the winter there—a harbor in Crete, looking toward the southwest and toward the northwest.",
  "13": "And when a south wind had blown gently, thinking they obtained their purpose, after they had weighed anchor, they sailed along close to Crete.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "14": "But not long after, a violent wind called the northeaster rushed down from it.",
  "15": "And having been seized and the ship not being able to face into the wind, having given way, we were driven along.",
  "16": "But sailing under the lee of a certain island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to gain control of the lifeboat.\n\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "17": "Having hoisted it up, they used ropes, binding the ship. And fearing lest they might run aground on Syrtis, having lowered the sea anchor, thus they were driven along.",
  "18": "But with us being exceedingly battered by the storm, the next day, they began the jettisoning of the cargo.\n\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "19": "And on the third day, they threw overboard the equipment of the ship with their own hands.",
  "20": "But neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm assaulting us, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "21": "And after being a long time without food, then having stood up in the midst of them, Paul said, “You men should indeed have obeyed me, to not set sail from Crete, and to suffer this injury and loss.",
  "22": "But now this I urge you, to take courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "23": "For this night an angel of the God of whom I am and whom I serve, stood beside me",
  "24": "saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has graciously granted to you all those who are sailing with you.’",
  "25": "Therefore take courage, men! For I trust God that thus it will be, according to the way it was told to me.",
  "26": "But we must run aground upon some island.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "27": "And when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven this way and that in the Adriatic Sea, about the middle of the night the sailors thought that they were approaching some land.",
  "28": "And taking soundings, they found 20 fathoms; but when they had gone a little further, and again taking soundings, they found 15 fathoms.",
  "29": "And fearing that we might crash somewhere against a rugged place, having lowered four anchors from the stern, they prayed for daytime to come.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "30": "But as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship, and as they had lowered the lifeboat into the sea on a pretext as if intending to lower anchors from the bow,",
  "31": "Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “If these do not stay in the ship, you are not able to be saved.”",
  "32": "Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the lifeboat and let it fall away.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "33": "And up until it was about to become daytime, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day, anxiously waiting, you are continuing fasting, having eaten nothing.",
  "34": "Therefore, I urge you to take food, for this is for your salvation. For a hair from the head of none of you will perish.”",
  "35": "And having said this and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before everyone, and having broken bread, he began to eat.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "36": "And they were all encouraged and themselves took food.",
  "37": "And in all, we were 276 souls in the ship.",
  "38": "And when they had eaten enough food, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "39": "And when it was daytime, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a certain bay having a beach, onto which they discussed whether they might be able to drive the ship.",
  "40": "And having cut loose the anchors, they left them in the sea. At the same time, having loosened the bands of the rudders and having raised the foresail to the wind, they headed to the beach.",
  "41": "But having come to a place between two seas, the ship ran aground, and the bow of the ship having stuck there, it remained immovable, but the stern was breaking up by the violence of the waves.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "42": "Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest some of them, having swum away, would escape.",
  "43": "But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, stopped their plan, and so he commanded those who were able to swim, first having jumped overboard, to get to the land,",
  "44": "and then the rest, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship, and in this way, it happened that all were brought safely to the land.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}