24. And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you.
25. So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;
26. But we shall have to be stranded on some island.
27. The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting and being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land.