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.
33. And until the day was about to come, Paul was urging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited anxiously, and you have continued without eating, having taken nothing.
34. Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost.”
35. And after he said these things and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of them all, and after breaking it, he began to eat.
36. So they all were encouraged and partook of food themselves.
37. (Now we were in all two hundred seventy six persons on the ship.)
38. And when they had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.