20. And when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small tempest kept raging about us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned.
21. Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm and misery and loss.
22. But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits and take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship.
23. For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve and worship,
24. And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you.
25. So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;
26. But we shall have to be stranded on some island.
27. The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting and being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land.
28. So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms, and a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.
29. Then fearing that we might fall off [our course] onto rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and kept wishing for daybreak to come.
30. And as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and were lowering the small boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,