22. But now I beg you to cheer up, because you will be safe. Only the ship will be lost.
23. I belong to God, and I worship him. Last night he sent an angel
24. to tell me, “Paul, don't be afraid! You will stand trial before the Emperor. And because of you, God will save the lives of everyone on the ship.”
25. Cheer up! I am sure that God will do exactly what he promised.
26. But we will first be shipwrecked on some island.
27. For fourteen days and nights we had been blown around over the Mediterranean Sea. But about midnight the sailors realized that we were getting near land.
28. They measured and found that the water was about forty metres deep. A little later they measured again and found it was only about thirty metres.