Acts 27:13-19 ▼

13 When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could make it to Phoenix, so they hoisted anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.

14 But it was not long before a violent wind (called a northeaster) swept down from the island.

15 The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.

16 As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the ship's lifeboat.

17 The ship's crew pulled it up on deck and used ropes to brace the ship. Fearing that they would hit the large sandbank near Libya, they lowered the sail and drifted along.

18 The next day, because we were being tossed so violently by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

19 On the third day they threw the ship's equipment overboard with their own hands.