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The Great Bible 1539
| 27:1 | When it was concluded, that we shuld sayle into Italy they delyuered both Paul & certayne other presoners, vnto one named Iulius, an vndercaptayne of Cesars soudiars. |
| 27:2 | And we entred into a shyp of Adramicium, and loosed from land, apoynted to sayle by the coastes of Asia, one Aristarcus out of Macedonia, of the contre of Thessalonia taryinge styll with vs. |
| 27:3 | And the nexte daye we came to Sidon. And Iulius courteously entreated Paul, and gaue him lyberte, to go vnto his frendes, & to refresshe hym selfe. |
| 27:4 | And whan we had launched from thence, we sayled harde by Cypers, because the wyndes were contrarye. |
| 27:5 | And whan we had sayled ouer the see of Cylicia, & Pamphilia, we cam to Myra whych is in Lycia. |
| 27:6 | And there the vndercaptayne founde a shyppe of Alexandria ready, that sayled into Italy, and he put vs therin. |
| 27:7 | And when we had sayled slowly many dayes, and scace were come ouer agaynst Guydon (because the wynde wyth stode vs) we sayled harde by the coaste of Candy, ouer agaynst Salmo, |
| 27:8 | and wyth moche worke sayled beyonde it, & came vnto a place which is called the fayre hauens. Nye wher vnto was the cytie of Lasea |
| 27:9 | when moche tyme was spent, and whan sayling was now ieoperdous, because also that they had ouerlonge fasted, Paul put them in remembraunce, |
| 27:10 | and sayd vnto them: Syrs I perceaue, that thys viage wilbe wyth hurte and moche damage, not of the ladynge and shyp onely, but also of your lyues: |
| 27:11 | Neuerthelesse the vnder captayne beleued the gouerner & the master of the shyp more then those thynges whych were spoken of Paul. |
| 27:12 | And because the hauen was not commodious to wynter in, many toke counsell to departe thence, yf by eny meanes they myght attayne to Phenices & there to wynter, whych is an hauen of Candy, and lyeth toward the southwest and north west wynde. |
| 27:13 | When the south wynde blewe, they supposynge to obtayne their purpose, loosed vnto Asson, and sayled past all Candy. |
| 27:14 | But not long after, ther arose agaynst theyr purpose, a flawe of wynde out of the northeast. |
| 27:15 | And when the shyp was caught & could not resyst the wynde, we let her go, and draue with the wether. |
| 27:16 | But we were caryed in to an yle whych is named Clauda, and had moche worke to come by a bote, |
| 27:17 | whych they toke vp, and vsed helpe, & made fast the shyppe, fearinge, lest they shuld fall into the Syrtes. And so they let downe a vessell, and were caryed. |
| 27:18 | The nexte daye (when we were tossed wyth an exceadinge tempest) they lyghttened the shyp, |
| 27:19 | and the thyrde daye we cast out wyth oure awne handes the taklynge of the shippe. |
| 27:20 | When at the last, nether the sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest laye vpon vs, all hope that we shuld escape, was then taken awaye. |
| 27:21 | But after longe abstynence, Paul stode forth in the myddes of them, & sayde: Syrs, ye shulde haue harkened to me, and not haue loosed from Candy, nether to haue brought vnto vs thys harme & losse. |
| 27:22 | And now I exhorte you to be of good chere. For ther shalbe no losse of eny mans lyfe amonge you, saue of the ship onely. |
| 27:23 | For ther stode by me thys nyght the angell of God, whose I am, and who I serue, |
| 27:24 | saying: feare not Paul thou must be brought before Cesar, And lo, God hath geuen the all them that sayle wyth the. |
| 27:25 | Wherfore syrs be of good chere: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me. |
| 27:26 | How be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde: |
| 27:27 | But when the fourtenth nyght was come (as we were sayling in Adria about mydnyght) the shypmen demed, that ther appeared some countre vnto them: |
| 27:28 | and sounded, & founde it .xx. feddoms. And when they had gone a lytell further, they sounded agayne, and founde .xv. feddoms. |
| 27:29 | Then fearynge lest they shuld haue fallen on some rocke, they cast .iiij. ancres out of the sterne, and wysshed for the daye. |
| 27:30 | As the shypmen were about to flee out of the shyp (whan they had let downe the bote into the see, vnder a couloure, as though they wolde haue cast ancres out of the forshippe) |
| 27:31 | Paul sayde vnto the vndercaptayne and to the soudyers: excepte these abyde in the shypye cannot be safe. |
| 27:32 | Then the soudyers cut of the rope of the bote, and let it fall awaye. |
| 27:33 | And whan the daye beganne to appeare, Paul besought them all to take meate, sayinge: thys is the fourtenth daye, that ye haue taryed and contynued fastynge, receauynge nothing at all. |
| 27:34 | Wherfore, I praye you to take meate: for this no dout is for youre helth: for ther shall not an heer fall from the heed of eny of you. |
| 27:35 | And when he had thus spoken, he toke breed and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all: and whan he had broken it, he beganne to eate. |
| 27:36 | Then were they all of good cheare, and they also toke meate. |
| 27:37 | We were all together in the shyp, two hundred threscore and syxtene soules. |
| 27:38 | And when they had eaten ynough, they lyghtened the shyp, and cast out the wheate in to the see. |
| 27:39 | When it was daye, they knew not the lande, but they spyed a certayne hauen with a bancke, into the whych they were mynded (if it were possyble) to thrust in the shyp. |
| 27:40 | And when they had taken vp the ancres, they committed them selues vnto the see, and lowsed the rudder bondes and hoysed vp the mayne sayle to the wynde, and drue to lande. |
| 27:41 | And whan they chaunced on a place, whych had the see on both the sydes, they thrust in the shyp. And the foreparte stucke fast and moued not, but the hynder parte brake wyth the violence of the waues. |
| 27:42 | The Soudyars councell was to kyll the presoners, lest eny of them, when he had swome out, shulde ronne awaye. |
| 27:43 | But the vndercaptayne wyllinge to saue Paul, kept them from theyr purpose, and commaunded that they whych coulde swymme, shulde cast them selues fyrst into the see, and scape to lande. |
| 27:44 | And the other he commaunded to go, some on bordes, and some on broken peces of the shyp. And so it came to passe, that they escaped all safe to lande. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."