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Acts 27:20-32

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20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a major storm was still pounding us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
21Now after long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said: “Well men, it would have been better to take my advice and not sail from Crete, only to ‘gain’ this damage and loss.
22But now I urge you to take heart, because there will be no loss of life among you, only of the ship.
23This night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me
24and said: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Furthermore, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
25So take courage, men, because I believe in God that it will be just as it was told me.
26Also, we must run aground on a certain island.”
27Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven here and there in the Adriatic, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were nearing some land.
28They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; going on a little they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
29So fearing that we might be driven into a rocky area, they dropped four anchors from the stern and started praying for day to come.
30Now under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow, the sailors lowered the skiff into the sea, intending to flee from the ship;
31so Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32Then the soldiers severed the ropes of the skiff and let it fall away.

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