22. But now I tell you to be happy. None of you will die, but the ship will be lost.
23. Last night an angel came to me from God—the God I worship and belong to.
24. The angel said, ‘Paul, don’t be afraid! You must stand before Caesar. And God has given you this promise: He will save the lives of all those sailing with you.’
25. So men, there is nothing to worry about. I trust God, and I am sure everything will happen just as his angel told me.
26. But we will crash on an island.”
27. On the fourteenth night we were still being blown around in the Adriatic Sea. The sailors thought we were close to land.
28. They threw a rope into the water with a weight on the end of it. They found that the water was 120 feet deep. They went a little farther and threw the rope in again. It was 90 feet deep.
29. The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks, so they threw four anchors into the water. Then they prayed for daylight to come.
30. Some of the sailors wanted to leave the ship, and they lowered the lifeboat to the water. They wanted the other men to think that they were throwing more anchors from the front of the ship.