Acts 27:21-32

New American Standard Bible

^21 [a]When many had lost their appetites, Paul then stood among them and said, “^[b](A)Men, you should have followed my advice and not have set sail from ^(B)Crete, and thereby spared yourselves this ^(C)damage and loss. ²² And yet now I urge you to ^(D)keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. ²³ For this very night ^(E)an angel of the God to whom I belong, ^(F)whom I also serve, ^(G)came to me, ²⁴ saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ^(H)you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has graciously granted you ^(I)all those who are sailing with you.’ ²⁵ Therefore, ^(J)keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that ^[c]it will turn out exactly as I have been told. ²⁶ But we must ^(K)run aground on a certain ^(L)island.”

²⁷ But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that ^[d]they were approaching some land. ²⁸ And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. ²⁹ Fearing that we might ^(M)run aground somewhere on the ^[e]rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and ^[f]prayed for daybreak. ³⁰ But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down ^(N)the ship’s boat into the sea, on the pretense that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, ³¹ Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain on the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.” ³² Then the soldiers cut away the ^(O)ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.