ACTS XXVII. 7 



should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so 

 were driven. 



And we being exceedingly tossed with a tem- 

 pest, the next day they lightened the ship ; 



And the third day we cast out with our own 

 hands the tackling of the ship. 



And when neither sun nor stars in many days 

 appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope 

 that we should be saved was then taken away. 



But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in 

 the midst of them, and said. Sirs, ye should have 

 hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from 

 Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 



And now I exhort you to be of good cheer : for 

 there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, 

 but of the ship. 



For there stood by me this night the angel of 

 God, whose I am, and whom I serve. 



Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought 

 before C;esar ; and, lo, God hath given thee all 

 them that sail with thee. 



Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer : for I believe 

 God, that it shall be even as it was told me. 



Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 



But when the fourteenth ni^ht was come, as we 

 were driven up and down in Adria, about mid- 

 night the shipmen deemed that thoy drew near 

 to some country ; 



And srjunded, and fomvl it twenty fithoins: and 



