Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off to the coast, while Silas and Timothy stayed behind.

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the holy Spirit has made you guardians, and be shepherds of the church of God, which he got at the cost of his own life.

That was what I did at Jerusalem when on the authority of the high priests I put many of God's people in prison. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them,

When a moderate south wind sprang up, thinking their object was within reach, they weighed anchor, and ran close along the coast of Crete.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and as they were afraid of being cast on the Syrtis banks, they lowered the sail, and let the ship drift.

When daylight came they could not recognize the coast, but they saw a bay with a beach and determined to run the ship ashore there if possible.

So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time they undid the lashings of the steering oars, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.