The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth.

The Jews having planned to waylay him whenever he might be on the point of taking ship for Syria, he decided to travel back by way of Macedonia.

The rest of us had already gone on board a ship, and now we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had arranged, he himself intending to go by land.

grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.

Finding a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went on board and put to sea.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving that island on our left, we continued our voyage to Syria and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

and going on board a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, the Macedonian, from Thessalonica, forming one of our party.

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

"Sirs," he said, "I perceive that before long the voyage will be attended with danger and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship but to our own lives also."

But it was not long before a furious north-east wind, coming down from the mountains, burst upon us and carried the ship out of her course.

and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.

But, as the storm was still violent, the next day they began to lighten the ship;

and, on the third day, with their own hands they threw the ship's spare gear overboard.

But now take courage, for there will be no destruction of life among you, but of the ship only.

The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let her fall off.

After eating a hearty meal they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.

When daylight came, they tried in vain to recognise the coast. But an inlet with a sandy beach attracted their attention, and now their object was, if possible, to run the ship aground in this inlet.

But coming to a place where two seas met, they stranded the ship, and her bow sticking fast remained immovable, while the stern began to go to pieces under the heavy hammering of the sea.

and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. In this way they all got safely to land.