The Day the Convict Became a Captain

About this episode

This episode discusses the events of Acts 27, focusing on the apostle Paul's warnings during a perilous sea voyage.

Day 116 Today’s Reading: Acts 27 Today, we'll take a boat ride on some rough waters in Acts 27. This boat has 276 on board, most of them prisoners. The apostle Paul is below deck in shackles and on his way to Rome. At one point the most famous prisoner on the boat tells the professional seafarers, “I wouldn’t go that direction.” And his advice is rejected vehemently: Paul began to admonish them, and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. (Acts 27:9-11) Paul warned that if they continued on the journey, they would experience damage and great loss. The other passengers were probably thinking, “What does a religious man know about sailing?” They do not listen to the Christian and this is what happens: Before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along. . . . The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed…

People in this episode

Host: The 260 Journey

Topics covered

• faith
• advice
• journey
• storm
• loss
• leadership

Keywords

• Acts 27
• Paul
• shipwreck
• storm
• advice
• centurion
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: centurion, pilot, captain

Places: Rome, Euraquilo

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