Now this was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep He was led away to be slaughtered, and just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, so He does not open His mouth.

We had already gone on board the ship and set sail for Assos, where we were to take Paul on board; for it had been so arranged by him, as he intended to travel there on foot.

(44:37) because they were especially pained at his saying that they would never see his face again. Then they went down to the ship with him.

There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, and so we went aboard and sailed away.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed on for Syria, and put in at Tyre, for the ship was to unload her cargo there.

there we bade one another goodbye, and we went aboard the ship, while they went back.

After going on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, we set sail. On board with us was Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

There the colonel found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her.

by saying, "Men, I see that this voyage is likely to be attended by disaster and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives."

But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said.

The ship was snatched along by it and since she could not face the wind, we gave up and let her drive.

As we passed under the lee of a small island called Cauda, with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and since they were afraid of being stranded on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the sail and let her drift.

and on the next day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard.

Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

Although the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow,

Paul said to the colonel and his soldiers, "Unless these sailors remain on the ship, you cannot be saved."

There were 276 of us on the ship.

When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

When day broke, they could not recognize the land, but they spied a bay that had a beach, and determined, if possible, to run the ship ashore.

But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.

some on planks and others on various bits of the ship. And thus they all got safely to land.

Three months later, we set sail in an Alexandrian ship named The Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island.