Acts 27:39-44

New American Standard Bible

³⁹ Now when day came, ^(A)they ^[a]could not recognize the land; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could. ⁴⁰ And casting off ^(B)the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and they hoisted the foresail to the wind and were heading for the beach. ⁴¹ But they struck a ^[b]reef where two seas met and ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck firmly and remained immovable, while the stern started to break up due to the force of the waves. ⁴² The soldiers’ plan was to ^(C)kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; ⁴³ but the centurion, ^(D)wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from accomplishing their intention, and commanded that those who could swim were to ^[c]jump overboard first and get to land, ⁴⁴ and the rest were to follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that ^(E)they all were brought safely to land.