On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic, about midnight the sailors sensed that land was near.
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25So take heart, men. I trust God that it will turn out exactly as I was told. 26We are bound to run aground on some island.” 27On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic, about midnight the sailors sensed that land was near. 28They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; a little further on they sounded again and found fifteen. 29Afraid that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.