Acts 27:23-39

²³for there stood by me this night a messenger of God — whose I am, and whom I serve —

²⁴saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

²⁵wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

²⁶and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

²⁷And when the fourteenth night came — we being borne up and down in the Adria — toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

²⁸and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

²⁹and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

³⁰And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

³¹Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, 'If these do not remain in the ship — ye are not able to be saved;'

³²then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

³³And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

³⁴wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

³⁵and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it, he began to eat;

³⁶and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

³⁷(and we were — all the souls in the ship — two hundred, seventy and six),

³⁸and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

³⁹And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,