20. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.
21. Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.
22. And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.
23. For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
24. and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
25. Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.
26. But we must run aground on some island.”
27. When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.
28. They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.
29. Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.
30. Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,
31. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32. Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.
33. As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing.
34. Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”
35. After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.