19. A day later with their own hands they threw out the ship’s equipment.
20. When we could not see the sun or the stars for many days, and the storm was very bad, we lost all hope of being saved.
21. After the men had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood up before them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me. You should not have sailed from Crete. Then you would not have all this trouble and loss.
22. But now I tell you to cheer up because none of you will die. Only the ship will be lost.
23. Last night an angel came to me from the God I belong to and worship.
24. The angel said, ‘Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caesar. And God has promised you that he will save the lives of everyone sailing with you.’
25. So men, have courage. I trust in God that everything will happen as his angel told me.
26. But we will crash on an island.”
27. On the fourteenth night we were still being carried around in the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors thought we were close to land,