Acts 27:31-43

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31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
33Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
35After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
37In all, there were 276 of us on board.
38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
41But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
43But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
— Acts 27:31-43

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