Acts 27:27-36

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On the fourteenthG5065 nightG3571 weG1473 were still being drivenG1308 acrossG1722 theG3588 Adriatic SeaG99.1 AboutG2596 midnightG3319G3588G3571 theG3588 sailorsG3492 sensedG5282 theyG846 were approachingG4317 landG5100G5561. 28They took soundingsG1001 and found thatG2147 the water was twentyG1501 fathomsG3712 deep.2 GoingG1339 a little fartherG1024, they took another set of soundingsG1001G3825 that readG2147 fifteenG1178 fathomsG3712.3 29Fearing thatG5399G3361 we would run agroundG1601G4225 onG2596 the rocksG5138G5117, they droppedG4496 fourG5064 anchorsG45 fromG1537 the sternG4403 and prayed forG2172 daybreakG2250G1096.

30MeanwhileG1161, theG3588 sailorsG3492 attemptedG2212 to escapeG5343 fromG1537 theG3588 shipG4143. PretendingG4392G5613G3195 to lowerG1614 anchorsG45 fromG1537 the bowG4408, they letG5465 theG3588 lifeboatG4627 down intoG1519 theG3588 seaG2281. 31But PaulG3972 saidG2036 to theG3588 centurionG1543 andG2532 theG3588 soldiersG4757, “UnlessG1437G3361 theseG3778 men remainG3306 withG1722 theG3588 shipG4143, youG4771 cannotG3756G1410 be savedG4982.” 32So theG3588 soldiersG4757 cutG609 theG3588 ropesG4979 to theG3588 lifeboatG4627 andG2532 setG1439 itG846 adriftG1601.

33RightG1161 up toG891 daybreakG2250G3195G1096, PaulG3972 kept urgingG3870 them allG537 to eatG3335G5160: “TodayG4594 is your fourteenthG5065 dayG2250 in constant suspenseG4328, without taking any foodG1300G4355G3367G777. 34SoG1352 forG4314 yourG5212 own preservationG4991, I urgeG3870 youG4771 to eat somethingG3335G5160, becauseG1063 not a singleG3762 hairG2359 ofG575 yourG4771 headG2776 will be lostG622.”

35After he had saidG2036 thisG3778, Paul tookG2983 breadG740 and gave thanksG2168 to GodG2316 in front ofG1799 them allG3956. ThenG2532 he brokeG2806 it and beganG756 to eatG2068. 36They wereG1096 allG3956 encouragedG2115 andG2532 tookG4355 some foodG5160 themselvesG846.