Acts 27:44
“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.”
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.
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Related Verses
“And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.”
“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.”
“Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.”
“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.”
“Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.”