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Therefore sirs, be of good cheer, for I believe God, and that it shall be even as it was told to me.
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Nonetheless, we must be cast upon a certain island."
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But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven up and down in the Adriatic, about midnight the shipmen deemed that we were drawing near to some land.
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And they took a sounding and found it to be twenty fathoms deep; and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again and found it fifteen fathoms.
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Then, fearing lest we should be driven upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
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And as the shipmen were about to flee from the ship, and had let down the boat into the sea under the pretext that they would cast anchors out of the prow,
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved."
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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And as the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
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Therefore I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health; for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you."
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And when he had thus spoken, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it, he began to eat.