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For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
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saying, 'Don't be afraid, Sha'ul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
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Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
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But we must run aground on a certain island."
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But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
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They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
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Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
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As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
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Sha'ul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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While the day was coming on, Sha'ul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.