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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.
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And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,
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and on the third [day] with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved [you], indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
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and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;
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for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --
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saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;
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wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,
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and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
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And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;