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And Agrippa said to Festus, "He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar."

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Now when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and a few other prisoners into the custody of Julius, a Captain of the Augustan battalion;

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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.

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It took several days of slow sailing for us to come with difficulty off Cnidus; from which point, as the wind did not allow us to get on in the direct course, we ran under the lee of Crete by Salmone.

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Our voyage thus far had occupied a considerable time, and the navigation being now unsafe and the Fast also already over, Paul warned them.

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But Julius let himself be persuaded by the pilot and by the owner rather than by Paul's arguments;

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and as the harbour was inconvenient for wintering in, the majority were in favour of putting out to sea, to try whether they could get to Phoenix--a harbour on the coast of Crete facing north-east and south-east--to winter there.

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And a light breeze from the south sprang up, so that they supposed they were now sure of their purpose. So weighing anchor they ran along the coast of Crete, hugging the shore.

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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.

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She was unable to make headway against the gale; so we gave up and let her drive.

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Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat;

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

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Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.

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But we are to be stranded on a certain island."

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It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Sea of Adria, when, about midnight, the sailors suspected that land was close at hand.

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So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.

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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.

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And continually, up till daybreak, Paul kept urging all on board to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been anxiously waiting for the storm to cease, and have fasted, eating little or nothing.

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Having said this he took some bread, and, after giving thanks to God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

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This raised the spirits of all, and they too took food.

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There were 276 of us, crew and passengers, all told.

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

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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.

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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.

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Now the soldiers recommended that the prisoners should be killed, for fear some one of them might swim ashore and effect his escape.

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