Acts 27:43
“But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:”
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Related Verses
“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.”
“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
“And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.”
“And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.”
“Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.”