17. When they had hoisted it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they might run aground on the sand of Syrtis, they let down the mast, and so were driven.
18. We were violently tossed by the storm. The next day they threw cargo overboard.
19. On the third day we threw the tackle of the ship overboard with our own hands.
20. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was upon us, all hope that we should be saved was lost.
21. After they had long abstained from food, Paul stood in their midst and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete, incurring this injury and loss.
22. But now I advise you to take courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
23. For there stood by me this night the angel of God to whom I belong and whom I serve,
24. saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And, look! God has given you all those who sail with you.’
25. Therefore, men, take courage, for I believe God that it will be exactly as it was told to me.
26. Nevertheless, we must be shipwrecked on a certain island.”
27. When the fourteenth night came, while we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors supposed that they were approaching land.
28. They took soundings and found the water to be one hundred and twenty feet deep. When they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be ninety feet deep.
29. Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.