Now as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship, and letting down the skiff into the sea, in pretense of spreading out anchors from the prow,
And running under the sheltered side of a certain little island called Clauda, we secured the skiff with difficulty.
Now when it was the fourteenth night, as we were driven about in the Adriatic Sea, in the middle of the night the sailors sensed that land was approaching them.
and being afraid lest we should run aground on the rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern, and were praying for day to come.
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "If these men do not remain in the ship, you cannot be saved."
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.