22. And now I urge you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life from among you, but only of the ship.
23. For this night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve came to me,
24. saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar, and behold, God has graciously granted you all who are sailing with you.’
25. Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this—according to the way it was told to me.
26. But it is necessary that we run aground on some island.”
27. And when the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven in the Adriatic Sea about the middle of the night, the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.
28. And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little further and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.
29. And because they were afraid lest somewhere we run aground against rough places, they threw down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
30. And when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending as if they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,
31. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!”
32. Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.