Gen Z: Acts 27
1So they decided to bounce to Italy, and they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to this dude Julius, a centurion from Augustus’ crew.
2We hopped on a ship from Adramyttium, ready to sail along the coast of Asia; our boy Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
3The next day we pulled up at Sidon. Julius was super chill with Paul and let him go hang with his friends to vibe a bit.
4After we took off, we cruised under Cyprus 'cause the winds were acting sus.
5Once we sailed over the Cilicia and Pamphylia sea, we finally hit up Myra, a city in Lycia.
6The centurion found a ship from Alexandria heading to Italy, so he tossed us on that one.
7After sailing slow for a hot minute, and barely making it past Cnidus 'cause the wind was being savage, we went under Crete near Salmone.
8Almost passing it, we landed at a spot called The Fair Havens, close to the city of Lasea.
9After wasting a lot of time and realizing sailing was getting risky since the fast was already over, Paul was like,
10"Yo, I can tell this trip is gonna be rough and cause mad damage, not just to the cargo and ship, but also to our lives, no cap."
11But the centurion was like, "Nah, I trust the captain more than Paul’s vibes."
12Since the spot wasn’t lit for winter, most peeps were like, "Let’s bounce to Phenice, it’s a chill port in Crete."
13Then the south wind was blowing soft, and they thought they were good, so they dipped close to Crete.
14But not long after, a wild storm hit, called Euroclydon, and it was sus.
15When the ship got caught in it and couldn’t handle the wind, we just let it ride.
16While cruising under an island called Clauda, we had a lot to do to snag the lifeboat.
17Once they got it, they used some help to secure the ship; scared of getting wrecked in the quicksand, they dropped the sails and went with the flow.
18We were tossed around like crazy, so the next day they lightened the load.
19On day three, we literally tossed out the ship’s gear with our own hands.
20And when neither sun nor stars showed up for days, and the storm was no joke, all hope for our survival was gone, fr.
21After a minute, Paul stepped up and was like, "Y'all should've listened to me and not bounced from Crete, or we wouldn't be dealing with this mess."
22But listen up, I'm telling you to chill: no one’s gonna lose their life, just the ship.
23For real, an angel of God vibed with me last night, and I’m all in on this.
24The angel said, "Don’t sweat it, Paul; you gotta see Caesar, and God’s got your crew covered."
25So, fam, stay positive: I trust God, it’s gonna go down just like He said.
26But we gotta hit up a specific island.
27When the fourteenth night hit, while we were tossed around in Adria, the crew thought they were close to land around midnight.
28They checked the depth and it was twenty fathoms; after a bit, they checked again and it was fifteen fathoms.
29They got shook thinking we might hit rocks, so they dropped four anchors and were just hoping for daylight.
30As the crew was about to bail from the ship, pretending to drop anchors from the front, they let down the lifeboat into the sea.
31Paul told the centurion and the squad, "If y’all don’t stick with the ship, no cap, you ain’t getting saved."
32So the soldiers went savage and cut the ropes of the boat, letting it just float away.
33As the day was coming in, Paul was like, "Yo, fam, you gotta eat. It’s been fourteen days of just vibes and no food."
34So I’m asking you to grab some food, it’s for your health, fr: not a single hair on your head is gonna fall off.
35After he said that, he took some bread, gave thanks to God right in front of everyone, broke it, and started munching.
36Then everyone was feeling good and they also grabbed some food.
37There were a total of 276 souls on the ship, no cap.
38After they ate enough, they lightened the ship by tossing the wheat into the sea, just like that.
39When morning hit, they didn’t recognize the land, but spotted a chill creek with a shore, thinking they might slide the ship in there.
40Once they pulled up the anchors, they sent themselves into the sea, untied the rudder, hoisted the mainsail to catch the wind, and headed for shore.
41They hit a spot where two seas met, and the ship got stuck like, no cap; the front was solid, but the back was totally wrecked by the waves.
42The soldiers were like, "We gotta take out the prisoners, or they might dip."
43But the centurion was trying to save Paul, so he was like, "Nah, let the swimmers pop off first and hit the shore."
44The rest of them made it work, some on boards and others on pieces of the ship. In the end, they all vibed safe to land.