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We are reading from Acts chapter 27 today.

When it was decided that we would sail, for Italy, Paul, and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius who belong to the Imperial regiment.

We boarded a ship from from a dream, idiom about the sale for ports along the coast of the province of Asia.

And we put out to sea aristarchus a Macedonian from thessalonica was with us.

The next day we landed at sidon and Julius and kindness to Paul allowed him to go to his friends.

So they might provide for his needs.

From there.

We put out to sea again and pass to the leaf Cyprus because the winds were against us.

When we have sailed across the Open Sea off the coast of cilicia and pamphylia.

We landed at Myra and Lycia.

There's a centurion found.

An alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

We made slow Headway for many days and had difficulty.

Arriving off nitus.

When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the leave creat, opposites the Moana, we moved, along the coast with difficulty and came to a place, called fairhaven's near the town of Listia.

Much time has been lost and sailing had already become dangerous.

Because by now, it was after the day of atonement soap, all warned them men.

I can see that our Voyage is going to be disastrous, and bring great loss to ship and cargo into our lives.

Also but the centaurian instead of listening to what Paul said, follow the advice of the pilot and if the owner of the ship, Since the harbor was unsuitable to Winter in the majority decided that we should Sail on hoping to reach Phoenix and winter their this was a harbor in Crete facing both Southwest and Northwest.

When a gentle South Wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity, so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete before, very long of wind of hurricane Force called the northeaster.

What down from the island, the ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind.

So we gave way to it and we're driven along.

As we pass to the Lee of a small island called cata, we were hardly able to make the lifeboats if you are, so The Men Who wasted it aboard, then they pass ropes under the ship itself to hold it together.

Because they were afraid they would run aground on the same, sand bars of service.

They lowered, the sea anchor, and let the ship be driven along.

We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

On the third day, they threw the ships tackle overboard with their own hands.

We neither Sun nor Stars appeared for many days in the storm.

Continued raging we finally gave up all hope of being saved After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said, man, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete.

Then you would have spared yourself this damage and lost.

But now I urge you to keep up your courage because not one of you will be lost.

Only the ship will be destroyed last night and Angel is the god to whom I belong and whom I serve Stood Beside Me and said, do not be afraid.

Paul.

You must stand trial before Caesar.

And God has graciously, given you the lives of all, who sail with you.

So, keep up your courage meant for.

I have faith in God that it will happen.

Just as he told me, never the last, we must run aground on some Island.

On the 14th night.

We were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea.

When about midnight the Sailor, since they were approaching land, they took soundings and found that the water was 120.

Ft deep a short time later they took soundings again and found, it was 90 ft deep.

Fearing that we would be dashed against the Rocks.

They dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight in an attempt to escape from the ship.

The sailors.

Left the Lifeboat down into the sea pretending.

They were going to lower some anchors from the bow.

Then Paul said to the Centurion in the soldiers unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.

So the soldiers Cut the Ropes that held the Lifeboat and let it Drift Away.

Just Before Dawn, Paul urged them all to eat for the last 14 days, he said, you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food you haven't eaten anything.

Now, I urge you to take some food, you need it to survive, not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.

After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of the mall, then he broke it and began to eat.

They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves altogether, there were 276 of us on board.

When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lighten the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

when daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach where they decided to run the ship aground if they could Cutting Loose, the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time, untied the rope that held the Rudders, then they hoisted the four sail to the wind and made for the beach but the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground.

The ball stuck fast and would not move.

And the stern was broken to Pieces by the pounding of the surf.

The soldiers plan to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping, but the Centurion wanted to spare Paul's life and kept them from carrying out their plan.

He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

The rest were to get there and Planks on other pieces of the ship in this way.

Everyone reached land safely.

Awesome.

Thank you.

What a story.

What?

A great story.

All right, there's so much there, a 44 vs that, you know, it just takes a while to read it.

We don't have time to to get like a fine-tooth comb out, and look, super close like that at all.

So, I picked out some pieces and let's start with a map.

This is the kind of story where you need a map to story starts in.

Cesery has a right to their the Ship Sails along this Coast.

If there's two ships for Ship Sails along this Coast in the wind is just not cooperating at this town.

There is they get on a second ship and they want to go to nidus right here, but don't succeed really at getting there.

They let the wind.

Take them down below Creed.

And then at this point, there's a northeaster.

So here's Northeast.

A Northeast direction, would be from the north east's going Southwest and it blows him off course.

And then the end of the story is a shipwreck on the island of Malta.

So let's just take some pieces of that story to we boarded a ship from a dramatic.

I am about to sell for ports along the coast of the province of Asia and we put out to seat Paul is a prisoner.

And he has appealed his case to Caesar and therefore the governor in Sesser Rhea is putting him on a ship with a Centurian over him and some other prisoners to successfully.

Get them all to Rome where they're headed and they are just taking the available transport of the day.

So the first ship is a ship that makes stops along that immediate Coast.

But when they get to Myra they get on another ship and this is a fascinating ship that they get on they get on a an alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and weary later on that there are two hundred and Seventy-Six passengers on this ship.

So this is a huge vessel.

I did a little bit of research and found out that just as there are other pieces of the ancient world archaeological sites that we see where we're impressed at how how technically Advanced they are.

There were some large grain vessels that the Roman Empire supported that may Journeys from Rome to Egypt and then from Egypt back to Rome, they brought to Egypt things.

Out of the Roman Empire is not so much evidence about what that was but what the Roman Empire needed that Egypt had along that fertile Nile, Valley with easy access to the Mediterranean Sea was grain.

And there were large grain vessels that in the short selling season would be heading to Egypt and then back to Rome that problem here is that we're going to see that in a minute.

The time of year, this journey is happening at the end of the season.

This could easily be a time when you would put that big vessel in some Safe Harbor somewhere to write out the winter.

But this owner is trying to squeeze one more journey to Rome in and they pick that ship up in Myra.

It was after the day of atonement, the day of atonement is end of September, beginning of October.

So maybe this is about October 15 as they're getting on this ship and this ship is wanting to get to Italy to Rome in particular but as we just saw, it's it's a difficult time of year and it's a risky call on the part of the owner and the pilot of the ship.

Excuse me, my phone was talking to me but the Centurian followed the advice of the pilot and the owner of the ship.

The Bible doesn't say that Paul had a vision from God, you get the impression that Paul's observing and giving his opinion.

It's not a surprise to me that the Centurion would not take the advice of a prisoner, but instead take the advice of the pilot of the ship and the owner of the ship, although they should take all the advice because it's it's good advice.

And that happens not up there in in in Myra where they were.

But now it happens down here at the bottom of Crete and there's a blown up map at the bottom there, on the south side of the island of Crete.