23. For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,
24. saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.
25. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
26. Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27. But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country;
28. and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29. And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
30. And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
31. Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32. Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33. And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
34. Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
35. And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all: and he brake it, and began to eat.
36. Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
37. And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
39. And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.