28. So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
29. And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
30. And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the ship’s boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,
31. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”