When they had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood in the middle of the crew and spoke, "Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed for Crete and thereby have to experience such suffering and loss.

But this is the way God fulfilled the things which He had predicted through the prophets about the suffering of Christ.

saying, "Sirs, I can see that this voyage will result in suffering and much loss, not only to the ship and its cargo, but also to our [very] lives."

However, Paul shook off the creature into the fire without suffering any harm.