21. And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved [you], indeed, O men--having hearkened to me--not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
22. and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you-- but of the ship;
23. for there stood by me this night a messenger of God--whose I am, and whom I serve--
24. saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;
25. wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,
26. and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
27. And when the fourteenth night came--we being borne up and down in the Adria-- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;
28. and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,