HNV

HNV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Acts 27 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:1 - When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Sha'ul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:2 - Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - The next day, we touched at Tzidon. Julius treated Sha'ul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:4 - Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:5 - When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:6 - There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7 - When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:9 - When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Sha'ul admonished them,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:10 - and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:11 - But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Sha'ul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:13 - When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

Shipwreck

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:14 - But before long, a tempestuous wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:15 - When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:18 - As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:19 - On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:21 - When they had been long without food, Sha'ul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:22 - Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:24 - saying, 'Don't be afraid, Sha'ul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:25 - Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we must run aground on a certain island."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:28 - They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms..
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 - As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:31 - Sha'ul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:33 - While the day was coming on, Sha'ul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 - Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:35 - When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:36 - Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:37 - In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:38 - When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 - When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, desiring to save Sha'ul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:44 - and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.
HNV

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
HNV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
HNV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan