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.