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Paul
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Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 26:10And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.Acts 26:11And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.Acts 26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,Acts 26:13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.Acts 26:15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.Acts 26:16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.Acts 27:2And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.Acts 27:3And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.Acts 27:4And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.Acts 27:5And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.Acts 27:6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.Acts 27:7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;Acts 27:8and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.Acts 27:9And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,Acts 27:10and said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives.Acts 27:11But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.Acts 27:13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.Acts 27:14But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:Acts 27:15and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.Acts 27:16And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:Acts 27:17and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.Acts 27:18And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;Acts 27:19and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.Acts 27:21And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.Acts 27:22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,Acts 27:24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.Acts 27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.Acts 27:26But we must be cast upon a certain island.Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:Acts 27:28and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.Acts 27:29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.Acts 27:30And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.Acts 27:32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.Acts 27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.Acts 27:34Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.Acts 27:35And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.Acts 27:36Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.Acts 27:37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.Acts 27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.Acts 27:40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.Acts 27:41But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.Acts 27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.Acts 27:43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;Acts 27:44and the rest, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.Acts 28:1And when we were escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.Acts 28:2And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.Acts 28:3But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand.Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.Acts 28:5Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.Acts 28:6But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.