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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 26:10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.Acts 26:12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,Acts 26:13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Acts 26:15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.Acts 26:16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;Acts 26:17Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,Acts 26:18To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.Acts 27:2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.Acts 27:3And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.Acts 27:4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.Acts 27:5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.Acts 27:6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.Acts 27:7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;Acts 27:8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.Acts 27:9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],Acts 27:10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.Acts 27:11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.Acts 27:13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed close by Crete.Acts 27:14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.Acts 27:15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let [her] drive.Acts 27:16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:Acts 27:17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.Acts 27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;Acts 27:19And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.Acts 27:22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of [any man’s] life among you, but of the ship.Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.Acts 27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;Acts 27:28And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Acts 27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of 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 off 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 meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.Acts 27:34Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.Acts 27:35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken [it], he began to eat.Acts 27:36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took [some] meat.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, and cast out the wheat into the sea.Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed [themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with 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, willing to save Paul, kept them from [their] purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:Acts 27:44And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.Acts 28:1And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.Acts 28:3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.Acts 28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.Acts 28:6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.