Acts 27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Acts 27Paul Sails for Rome

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15Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

16By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.

17 persons in the ship.)

38 they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

42Acts 12.19The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none might swim away and escape;

43v 3but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land

44vv 22, 31and the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.