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and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.
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But, as the storm was still violent, the next day they began to lighten the ship;
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and, on the third day, with their own hands they threw the ship's spare gear overboard.
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Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.
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When for a long time they had taken but little food, Paul, standing up among them, said, "Sirs, you ought to have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would then have escaped this suffering and loss.
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But now take courage, for there will be no destruction of life among you, but of the ship only.
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For there stood by my side, last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom also I worship,
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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.'
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"Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.
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But we are to be stranded on a certain island."
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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.