"Scripture
taken from the
New King James
Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson,
The Shipwreck
Paul sailed for Italy under the guard of a centurion named Julius. At
the first stop Julius was kind enough to Paul to let him get off the
ship and go visit his friends. They provided for his needs.
They sailed again and at the next port they changed ships.
Hurricane force winds began to blow. They dropped anchor and the waves
started battering the ship. In order to lighten the load, they began to
throw the cargo overboard.
By the third day of the storm, they were throwing away the ship's
sailing gear.
They had endured the storm for two weeks and were now getting close to
land.
It stuck fast in a sandbar and the ship began to break into
pieces.
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to keep them from escaping,
but Julius, the centurion in charge of Paul, convinced them to spare
everyone. He ordered them to jump overboard. Those who could swim swam
to shore. Those who couldn't swim grabbed pieces of wood and floated
in. Everyone was saved, just as Paul had predicted.
They landed on the island of Malta where the people took care of their
needs and they stayed there for three months.