22. “And now I urge you to take courage, for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
23. “For tonight a messenger of the Elohim to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by me,
24. saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Sha’ul, you have to be brought before Caesar. And look, Elohim has favourably given you all those who sail with you.’
25. “Therefore take courage, men, for I believe Elohim that it shall be according to the way it was spoken to me.
26. “However, we need to run aground on some island.”
27. And when the fourteenth night came, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were drawing near some land.
28. So, taking soundings, they found it to be twenty fathoms. And a little farther on they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.