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Acts 27:5-17 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Lystra, which is in Lycia.

6. And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he transferred us to it.

7. And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus, for the wind was hindering us, we sailed to Crete, near Salmone.

8. And barely being able to sail past it, we arrived at a certain place, which is called Good Shelter, next to which was the city of Lasea.

9. Then, after much time had passed, and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed, Paul consoled them,

10. and he said to them: "Men, I perceive that the voyage is now in danger of injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our own lives."

11. But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship, than in the things being said by Paul.

12. And since it was not a fitting port in which to winter, the majority opinion was to sail from there, so that somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenicia, in order to winter there, at a port of Crete, which looks out toward the southwest and northwest.

13. And since the south wind was blowing gently, they thought that they might reach their goal. And after they had set out from Asson, they weighed anchor at Crete.

14. But not long afterward, a violent wind came against them, which is called the Northeast Wind.

15. And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.

16. Then, being forced along a certain island, which is called the Tail, we were barely able to hold on to the ship's lifeboat.

17. When this was taken up, they used it to assist in securing the ship. For they were afraid that they might run aground. And having lowered the sails, they were being driven along in this way.

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