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# Acts 27

Acts 27 is chapter 27 of 28 in the Acts of the Apostles. Here are all 44 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Paul is shipped for Rome. His voyage and shipwreck.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Acts 27 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul, with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta.
2. After climbing aboard a ship from Adramyttium, we set sail and began to navigate along the ports of Asia, with Aristarchus, the Macedonian from Thessalonica, joining us.
3. And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself.
4. And when we had set sail from there, we navigated below Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5. And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Lystra, which is in Lycia.
6. And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he transferred us to it.
7. And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus, for the wind was hindering us, we sailed to Crete, near Salmone.
8. And barely being able to sail past it, we arrived at a certain place, which is called Good Shelter, next to which was the city of Lasea.
9. Then, after much time had passed, and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed, Paul consoled them,
10. and he said to them: “Men, I perceive that the voyage is now in danger of injury and much damage, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our own lives.”
11. But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship, than in the things being said by Paul.
12. And since it was not a fitting port in which to winter, the majority opinion was to sail from there, so that somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenicia, in order to winter there, at a port of Crete, which looks out toward the southwest and northwest.
13. And since the south wind was blowing gently, they thought that they might reach their goal. And after they had set out from Asson, they weighed anchor at Crete.
14. But not long afterward, a violent wind came against them, which is called the Northeast Wind.
15. And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.
16. Then, being forced along a certain island, which is called the Tail, we were barely able to hold on to the ship’s lifeboat.
17. When this was taken up, they used it to assist in securing the ship. For they were afraid that they might run aground. And having lowered the sails, they were being driven along in this way.
18. Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard.
19. And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard.
20. Then, when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no end to the storm was imminent, all hope for our safety was now taken away.
21. And after they had fasted for a long time, Paul, standing in their midst, said: “Certainly, men, you should have listened to me and not set out from Crete, so as to cause this injury and loss.
22. And now, let me persuade you to be courageous in soul. For there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
23. For an Angel of God, who is assigned to me and whom I serve, stood beside me this night,
24. saying: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar. And behold, God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.’
25. Because of this, men, be courageous in soul. For I trust God that this will happen in the same way that it has been told to me.
26. But it is necessary for us to arrive at a certain island.”
27. Then, after the fourteenth night arrived, as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night, the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land.
28. And upon dropping a weight, they found a depth of twenty paces. And some distance from there, they found a depth of fifteen paces.
29. Then, fearing that we might happen upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and they were hoping for daylight to arrive soon.
30. Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.
31. So Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you will not be able to be saved.”
32. Then the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat, and they allowed it to fall.
33. And when it began to be light, Paul requested that they all take food, saying: “This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast, taking nothing.
34. For this reason, I beg you to accept food for the sake of your health. For not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”
35. And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36. Then they all became more peaceful in soul. And they also took food.
37. Truly, we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship.
38. And having been nourished with food, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
39. And when day had arrived, they did not recognize the landscape. Yet truly, they caught sight of a certain narrow inlet having a shore, into which they thought it might be possible to force the ship.
40. And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, at the same time loosing the restraints of the rudders. And so, raising the mainsail to the gusting wind, they pressed on toward the shore.
41. And when we happened upon a place open to two seas, they ran the ship aground. And indeed, the bow, being immobilized, remained fixed, but truly the stern was broken by the violence of the sea.
42. Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, after escaping by swimming, might flee.
43. But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prohibited it from being done. And he ordered those who were able to swim to jump in first, and to escape, and to get to the land.
44. And as for the others, some they carried on boards, and others on those things that belonged to the ship. And so it happened that every soul escaped to the land.

## Acts 27 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Ut autem judicatum est navigare eum in Italiam, et tradi Paulum cum reliquis custodiis centurioni nomine Julio cohortis Augustæ,
2. ascendentes navem Adrumetinam, incipientes navigare circa Asiæ loca, sustulimus, perseverante nobiscum Aristarcho Macedone Thessalonicensi.
3. Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem. Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum, permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.
4. Et inde cum sustulissemus, subnavigavimus Cyprum, propterea quod essent venti contrarii.
5. Et pelagus Ciliciæ et Pamphyliæ navigantes, venimus Lystram, quæ est Lyciæ:
6. et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam, transposuit nos in eam.
7. Et cum multis diebus tarde navigaremus, et vix devenissemus contra Gnidum, prohibente nos vento, adnavigavimus Cretæ juxta Salmonem:
8. et vix juxta navigantes, venimus in locum quemdam qui vocatur Boniportus, cui juxta erat civitas Thalassa.
9. Multo autem tempore peracto, et cum jam non esset tuta navigatio eo quod et jejunium jam præteriisset, consolabatur eos Paulus,
10. dicens eis: Viri, video quoniam cum injuria et multo damno non solum oneris, et navis, sed etiam animarum nostrarum incipit esse navigatio.
11. Centurio autem gubernatori et nauclero magis credebat, quam his quæ a Paulo dicebantur.
12. Et cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum, plurimi statuerunt consilium navigare inde, si quomodo possent, devenientes Phœnicen hiemare, portum Cretæ respicientem ad Africum et ad Corum.
13. Aspirante autem austro, æstimantes propositum se tenere, cum sustulissent de Asson, legebant Cretam.
14. Non post multum autem misit se contra ipsam ventus typhonicus, qui vocatur Euroaquilo.
15. Cumque arrepta esset navis, et non posset conari in ventum, data nave flatibus, ferebamur.
16. In insulam autem quamdam decurrentes, quæ vocatur Cauda, potuimus vix obtinere scapham.
17. Qua sublata, adjutoriis utebantur, accingentes navem, timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent, summisso vase sic ferebantur.
18. Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis, sequenti die jactum fecerunt:
19. et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.
20. Neque autem sole, neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies, et tempestate non exigua imminente, jam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostræ.
21. Et cum multa jejunatio fuisset, tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum, dixit: Oportebat quidem, o viri, audito me, non tollere a Creta, lucrique facere injuriam hanc et jacturam.
22. Et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse: amissio enim nullius animæ erit ex vobis, præterquam navis.
23. Astitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei, cujus sum ego, et cui deservio,
24. dicens: Ne timeas, Paule: Cæsari te oportet assistere: et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum.
25. Propter quod bono animo estote, viri: credo enim Deo quia sic erit, quemadmodum dictum est mihi.
26. In insulam autem quamdam oportet nos devenire.
27. Sed posteaquam quartadecima nox supervenit, navigantibus nobis in Adria circa mediam noctem, suspicabantur nautæ apparere sibi aliquam regionem.
28. Qui et summittentes bolidem, invenerunt passus viginti: et pusillum inde separati, invenerunt passus quindecim.
29. Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus, de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.
30. Nautis vero quærentibus fugere de navi, cum misissent scapham in mare, sub obtentu quasi inciperent a prora anchoras extendere,
31. dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus: Nisi hi in navi manserint, vos salvi fieri non potestis.
32. Tunc absciderunt milites funes scaphæ, et passi sunt eam excidere.
33. Et cum lux inciperet fieri, rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum, dicens: Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis, nihil accipientes.
34. Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra: quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.
35. Et cum hæc dixisset, sumens panem, gratias egit Deo in conspectu omnium: et cum fregisset, cœpit manducare.
36. Animæquiores autem facti omnes, et ipsi sumpserunt cibum.
37. Eramus vero universæ animæ in navi ducentæ septuaginta sex.
38. Et satiati cibo alleviabant navem, jactantes triticum in mare.
39. Cum autem dies factus esset, terram non agnoscebant: sinum vero quemdam considerabant habentem littus, in quem cogitabant si possent ejicere navem.
40. Et cum anchoras sustulissent, committebant se mari, simul laxantes juncturas gubernaculorum: et levato artemone secundum auræ flatum, tendebant ad littus.
41. Et cum incidissemus in locum dithalassum, impegerunt navem: et prora quidem fixa manebat immobilis, puppis vero solvebatur a vi maris.
42. Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent, ne quis cum enatasset, effugeret.
43. Centurio autem volens servare Paulum, prohibuit fieri: jussitque eos qui possent natare, emittere se primos, et evadere, et ad terram exire:
44. et ceteros, alios in tabulis ferebant, quosdam super ea quæ de navi erant. Et sic factum est, ut omnes animæ evaderent ad terram.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 334: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).