Acts 27: The Storm at Sea

Paul sailed for Italy as a prisoner with a centurion named Julius, who treated him kindly. Paul warned that the voyage would bring loss, but the centurion followed the ship's master, and a violent wind drove the ship for many days. When all hope was lost, Paul told them to cheer up, for an angel had said God had granted him all who sailed with him. Paul urged everyone to eat, gave thanks to God, and broke bread. The ship ran aground and broke apart, but all two hundred seventy-six escaped safely to land.

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¹ 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished themThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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 Paul.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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 southwest and northwest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ When the ship was caught and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ When they had been long without food, Paul 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ But we must run aground on a certain island.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁵ When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; then he broke it and began to eat.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁶ Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁷ In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁸ When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴² The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴³ But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁴ and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Acts 27 · Preschool

Cheer Up!

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Color the ship in the big storm.

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Bible Verse

“Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.”

Acts 27:25 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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No Loss of Life

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Read and Think

Paul and other prisoners were handed to Julius, a centurion, who treated Paul kindly. Sailing was slow and dangerous. Paul warned that the voyage would bring loss to the ship and their lives. But the centurion listened to the ship's master and owner instead.

Soon a stormy wind called Euroclydon struck. The ship was caught and could not face the wind. They threw cargo and the ship's tackle overboard. For many days neither sun nor stars shone, and all hope of being saved was taken away.

Paul stood up and said, "Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship." An angel of the God he served had stood by him. The angel said Paul must stand before Caesar, and God had granted him all who sailed with him. "Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me."

On the fourteenth night, the sailors sensed land. Paul urged everyone to eat. He took bread, gave thanks to God in the presence of all, broke it, and began to eat. All were cheered. They were 276 people in all. The ship struck a reef and broke apart. Some swam and the rest followed on planks. So they all escaped safely to the land.

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Whom did the centurion listen to instead of Paul?
What was the stormy wind called?
What did the angel say God had granted Paul?
How did those who could not swim reach land?

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windgavePaulsailedship

and other prisoners were handed to Julius, a centurion, who treated Paul kindly.
Paul warned that the voyage would bring loss to the and their lives.
Soon a stormy called Euroclydon struck.
The angel said Paul must stand before Caesar, and God had granted him all who with him.
He took bread, thanks to God in the presence of all, broke it, and began to eat.

Think About It

Paul gave thanks to God in front of everyone before the storm was over. How could you show trust in God during a scary time?
Paul's faith gave courage to a whole ship. How can your trust in God encourage people around you?

Memory Verse

“Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.”

Acts 27:25 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the lesson of The Storm at Sea. Help me . Amen.

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What does it mean to believe God?
Why did Paul give thanks before the storm was over?

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Acts 27 · Grade 5

Shipwreck

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When it was decided to sail for Italy, Paul and other prisoners were delivered to Julius, a centurion of the Augustan band, who treated Paul kindly and let him visit friends at Sidon. The winds were contrary. At Myra they boarded a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy. Sailing slowly, they came with difficulty to Fair Havens. Paul warned that the voyage would be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of their lives. The centurion trusted the master and owner more than Paul, and the majority advised sailing on to winter at Phoenix.

Soon a stormy wind called Euroclydon beat down. The ship was caught and could not face the wind, so they let it be driven. They used cables to help undergird the ship, lowered the gear, threw cargo and then the ship's tackle overboard. When neither sun nor stars shone for many days and no small storm pressed on them, all hope that they would be saved was taken away.

After long abstinence from food, Paul stood up. He said they should have listened to him, but he urged them to cheer up, for there would be no loss of life, only of the ship. An angel of the God to whom he belonged and whom he served had told him not to be afraid; he must stand before Caesar, and God had granted him all who sailed with him. "Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me." They would be cast on a certain island.

On the fourteenth night, sounding the depth, the sailors suspected land and tried to flee in the boat, but Paul warned that unless they stayed in the ship, the others could not be saved, and the soldiers cut away the boat. Before dawn Paul urged all to eat, took bread, gave thanks to God in the presence of all, broke it, and began to eat. They were 276 souls. At day the ship struck a place where two seas met, and the stern broke apart. The soldiers counseled to kill the prisoners so none would escape, but the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them. Those who could swim went first, and the rest followed on planks and pieces of the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.

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Where did the majority advise sailing to winter?
What did Paul warn would happen if the sailors left the ship?
Why did the centurion stop the soldiers' plan?
Where did the ship strike?

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Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

windcenturiongaveshipPaul

At Myra they boarded a of Alexandria bound for Italy.
warned that the voyage would be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of their lives.
The trusted the master and owner more than Paul, and the majority advised sailing on to winter at Phoenix.
Soon a stormy called Euroclydon beat down.
Before dawn Paul urged all to eat, took bread, thanks to God in the presence of all, broke it, and began to eat.

Think About It

Paul spoke of the God whose I am and whom I serve. What does it mean to you to belong to God?
God's promise did not remove the storm, but it carried them through it. How have you seen God carry you through something hard?

Memory Verse

“Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.”

Acts 27:22 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the lesson of The Storm at Sea. Help me . Amen.

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How did God keep his promise?
How can you trust God in a storm in your life?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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