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For last night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,
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and he said, "Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before the emperor; and indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are sailing with you.'
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So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
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But we will have to run aground on some island."
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When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
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So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.
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Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
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But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,
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Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and set it adrift.
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Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.