Acts 27:21-32

21No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.

22But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down.

23For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,

24and he said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’

25So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.

26But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”

27About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven across the Sea of Adria, the sailors sensed land was near.

28They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.

29At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.

30Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.

31But Paul said to the commanding officer and the soldiers, “You will all die unless the sailors stay aboard.”

32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.