23. “For tonight a messenger of the Elohim to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by me,
24. saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Sha’ul, you have to be brought before Caesar. And look, Elohim has favourably given you all those who sail with you.’
25. “Therefore take courage, men, for I believe Elohim that it shall be according to the way it was spoken to me.
26. “However, we need to run aground on some island.”
27. And when the fourteenth night came, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were drawing near some land.
28. So, taking soundings, they found it to be twenty fathoms. And a little farther on they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
29. And, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and were praying for day to come.
30. But when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretence of going to cast out anchors from the prow,