20 For many days we could not see the sun or the stars, and the wind kept on blowing very hard. We finally gave up all hope of being saved.
21 After everyone had gone a long time without food, Paul stood before them and said, “You should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete; then we would have avoided all this damage and loss.
22 But now I beg you, take courage! Not one of you will lose your life; only the ship will be lost.
23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship came to me
24 and said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.’
25 So take courage, men! For I trust in God that it will be just as I was told.
26 But we will be driven ashore on some island.”