Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

If you're doing our New Testament plan today we finished our 12th book and if you're doing

the whole Bible we finished our 51st book. Paul defended himself in front of King Agrippa

and Governor Felix yesterday and today we launch into the aftermath of that trial where

he's being transported to Rome to appeal to Caesar like he requested. He has to be taken

there by sea and the authorities are kind enough to let his friends travel with him,

including our narrator Luke. This is a bigger ship with sails and anchors not a little

fishing boat and there are nearly 300 people on board. At this point it's approximately

59 AD, roughly 30 years after Jesus rose from the dead and it's autumn. The trip is taking

them longer than it normally would because they hit some rough winds and have to reroute

along the way. Around this time of year most of the shipping expeditions are halted because

the weather is so bad on the seas in winter. Paul tells them, I have a bad feeling about

this you guys. If we continue on I don't think this is going to go well. We'll probably

end up losing some of our supplies and some of our shipmates. By the way we don't have

any evidence that this is a message from God. It could just be Paul speaking from experience.

Either way they don't listen to him. He's a prisoner after all. Sure enough they hit a storm.

On day two of the storm they start throwing the ship's cargo overboard which probably

includes exports like wheat. On day three of the storm they start throwing their actual

tools and maybe even parts of the ship itself overboard. They're getting desperate.

The sky is dark and stormy for days and they're feeling hopeless and probably seasick too

I'm guessing. They haven't had anything to eat in days but I'm not sure if that makes

things better or worse. At one point Paul stands up and says, I wish you would have taken

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