When the roll was called, not one was missing. Nearly three hundred souls, sailors, soldiers, passengers, and prisoners, stood that stormy November morning upon the shore of the island of Melita. And there were some that joined with Paul and his brethren in giving thanks to God who had preserved their lives, and brought them safe to land through the perils of the great deep.{LP 270.1}

Da listen blev gennemgået, manglede der ingen. Næsten tre hundrede sjæle, sømænd, soldater, passagerer og fanger stod den stormfulde novembermorgen på Maltaøens kyst. Og der var nogle som sluttede sig til Paulus og hans brødre i taksigelse til Gud, som havde beskyttet deres liv, og bragte dem sikkert i land, fra det store dybs farer.