Acts 27:33-44

33When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.

34So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

35After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and after he broke it, he began to eat.

36They all were encouraged and took food themselves.

37In all there were 276 of us on the ship.

38When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.

39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

40After cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.

41But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.

42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

43But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

44The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.