Chapter 27, verses 28-33
28
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
29
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
30
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,
31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
32
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
33
While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
