'Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.' - Paul adds a qualification: they 'must run aground' (dei...ekpesein, dei...ekpesein-'it is necessary...to be wrecked upon') 'some island' (tina nēsos, tina nēsos). The promise includes both salvation of persons and loss of the ship. Paul's realism-acknowledging the ship's inevitable destruction-shows his prophecy is rooted in actual events, not fantasy. The island represents divine providence within the disaster.

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