In context
20For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, the storm kept raging, and in the end every hope of our being saved was slipping away. 21They had gone a long time without food. Then Paul stood up among them and said: “Men, you should have listened to me and not put out from Crete; you would have spared yourselves this injury and loss. 22But now I urge you: take heart. Not one life among you will be lost — only the ship. 23Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.’
