22 I urge you now to keep up your courage; not one of you will be lost, only the ship.
23 For last night an angel of the God to whom (I) belong and whom I serve stood by me
24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You are destined to stand before Caesar; and behold, for your sake, God has granted safety to all who are sailing with you.’
25 Therefore, keep up your courage, men; I trust in God that it will turn out as I have been told.
26 We are destined to run aground on some island.”
27 On the fourteenth night, as we were still being driven about on the Adriatic Sea, toward midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were nearing land.
28 They took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on, they again took soundings and found fifteen fathoms.