Acts 27
Paul Sails for Rome
Who was Paul delivered to? (verse 1)
Wha was the Macedonian from Thessalonica who also accompanied Paul? (verse 2)
How did Julius treat Paul? (verse 3)
Where did the contusion find a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy? (Verse 5-6))
What city was near the Fair Havens near? (Verse 8)
What did Paul say as advice? (verse 9-10)
Between the pilot, owner of the ship, and Paul, Who did the centurion pay more attention to?
Who decided to put out to sea from where they were on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there? (Verse12)
The Storm at Sea
Where did they sail when they supposed they had obtained their purpose? (Verse 13)
What wind struck down from the land? (Verse 14)
How was the ship's boat secured? (Verse 16)
What did they use to undergird the ship? (Verse 17)
Why did they lower the gear? (Verse 17)
Why did they jettison the cargo the next day? (Verse 18)
When did they throw the tackle overboard? (verse 19)
Was there any hope of being saved after many days without seeing the sun or stars?
What did Paul say when they had been without food for a long time? (Verse 21-26)
When did the sailors suspect they were nearing land? (verse 27)
What did they do when they feared running on the rocks? (Verse 29)
What did Paul say to the centurion when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship? (Verse 30)
What did the soldiers do to the ship's boat? (verse 32)
Why did Paul urge them to take food? (verse 33-34)
What did Paul do in verse 35-36)
How many persons were there in the ship? (Verse 37)
What did they do when they had eaten enough? (verse 38)
The Shipwreck
What did they see when it was day? (Verse 39)
If possible, what did they plan to do? (Verse 39)
What actions did they make to prepare to land? (Verse 40)
What did they strike? (Verse 41)
What stuck and remained immovable? (Verse 41)
What was being broken up by the surf? (Verse 41)
What was the soldiers' plan? (Verse 42)
Why did the centurion keep the soldiers from carrying out their plan? (Verse 43)
Who did the centurion order overboard first? (Verse 43)
What were the rest to use to get to land? (verse 44)
Was the plan successful? (verse 44)
Interpretation
What did Paul say as advice? (verse 9-10)
What was the difference between the two soundings? (verse 28)
Thoughts
“Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Correlation
Matthew 26, Luke 22, Acts 20, Acts 27:35-38
Acts 2:42
Acts 27English Standard Version (ESV)
Paul Sails for Rome
27 And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius. 2 And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. 4 And putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us. 5 And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board. 7 We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. 8 Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9 Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast[a] was already over, Paul advised them, 10 saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will 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 to what Paul said. 12 And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.
The Storm at Sea
13 Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. 14 But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land.15 And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda,[b]we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat. 17 After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,[c] and thus they were driven along. 18 Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. 19 And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
21 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. 22 Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, 24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. 26 But we must run aground on some island.”
27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.[d] A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.[e] 29 And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.
33 As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength,[f] for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. 36 Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37 (We were in all 276[g] persons in the ship.) 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
The Shipwreck
39 Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. 40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. 41 But striking a reef,[h] they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf. 42 The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.43 But 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,44 and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.
Footnotes:
- Acts 27:9 That is, the Day of Atonement
- Acts 27:16 Some manuscripts Clauda
- Acts 27:17 That is, the sea-anchor (or possibly the mainsail)
- Acts 27:28 About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters
- Acts 27:28 About 90 feet (see previous note)
- Acts 27:34 Or For it is for your deliverance
- Acts 27:37 Some manuscripts seventy-six, or about seventy-six
- Acts 27:41 Or sandbank, or crosscurrent; Greek place between two seas
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