027:024 and he said, "`Dismiss all fear, Paul, for you must stand before Caesar; and God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'
027:025 "Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.
027:026 But we are to be stranded on a certain island."
027:027 It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Sea of Adria, when, about midnight, the sailors suspected that land was close at hand.
027:028 So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water;
and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.
027:029 Then for fear of possibly running on rocks, they threw out four
anchors from the stern and waited impatiently for daylight.
027:030 The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.
027:031 But Paul, addressing Julius and the soldiers, said, "Your lives
will be sacrificed, unless these men remain on board."
027:032 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let
her fall off.
027:033 And continually, up till daybreak, Paul kept urging all on board to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been anxiously waiting for the storm to cease, and have fasted, eating little or nothing.