But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said.

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.

"for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said:

and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before the Emperor; and listen! God has graciously given to you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

Until day was about to break Paul kept begging them all to take something to eat. He said, "For fourteen days today you have been constantly waiting and going without food, not even taking a bite.

and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it, he began to eat;

And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

And so disagreeing one with another they separated, when Paul had said one word, to wit, that the holy Spirit spake rightly by Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

He said, "Go to this people and say, "You will listen and listen but never understand, and you will look and look but never see!

And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.