was utterly taken away. (21)But after much abstinence,
then Paul, standing up in the midst of then, said: Sirs, ye should
have hearkened to me and not put to sea from Crete, and so have
escaped this violence and loss. (22)And now I exhort you to be of good
cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the
ship. (23)For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I
am, and whom I serve, (24)saying: Fear not, Paul; thou must stand
before Caesar; and, lo, God has given thee all those who sail with
thee. (25)Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that
it will be even so, as it has been told me. (26)But we must be cast
away upon a certain island.

(27)And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven onward
in the Adriatic sea, about midnight the seamen suspected that they
were near to some country; (28)and sounding, they found twenty
fathoms; and having gone a little further, they sounded again, and
found fifteen fathoms. (29)Then fearing lest we should fall upon
rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for day.

(30)And as the seamen were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had
let down the boat into the sea, under color as if they were about to
extend anchors out of the foreship, (31)Paul said to the centurion and
to the soldiers: Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be saved.
(32)Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall
off.

(33)And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take
food, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that ye have waited, and
continued fasting, having taken nothing. (34)Wherefore I pray you to
take food; for this is for your safety; for there shall not a hair
fall from the head of one of you.

(35)And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in
presence of them all; and having broken it, he began to eat. (36)Then
were they all of good cheer, and they also took food. (37)And we were
in all in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls. (38)And when
they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting out the grain
into the sea.

(39)And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they perceived a
certain creek, having a beach, on which they determined, if they were
able, to drive the ship ashore. (40)And cutting the anchors entirely
away, they abandoned them to the sea, at the same time unfastening the
bands of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind,