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Acts 27:13-21 Modern English Version (MEV)

13. When a south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained the necessary conditions, they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

14. But soon afterward a tempestuous wind swept through, called the Euroclydon.

15. When the ship was overpowered and could not head into the wind, we let her drift.

16. Drifting under the lee of an island called Cauda, we could scarcely secure the rowboat.

17. When they had ­hoisted it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they might run aground on the sand of Syrtis, they let down the mast, and so were driven.

18. We were violently tossed by the storm. The next day they threw cargo overboard.

19. On the third day we threw the tackle of the ship overboard with our own hands.

20. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was upon us, all hope that we should be saved was lost.

21. After they had long abstained from food, Paul stood in their midst and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete, incurring this injury and loss.

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