Passage

Days without sun or stars

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²⁰When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

Acts 27:20World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The ship’s passengers lose hope of survival as a severe storm continues and neither sun nor stars appear.

To understand

They have already thrown the ship’s equipment overboard. After a long time without food, Paul stands among them and recalls his warning against leaving Crete.

A question

What conditions lead those aboard to lose hope of survival?