Acts 27:36-44

36 Then they all ¹were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

37 (We were in all 276^[a]2persons in the ship.)

38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, ³throwing out the wheat into the sea.

The Shipwreck

39 Now when it was day, ⁴they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore.

40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.

41 But striking a reef,^[b]5they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.

42 ⁶The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.

43 But the centurion, ⁷wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,

44 and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that ⁸all were brought safely to land.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 22
• 2. Acts 2:41; Acts 7:14; Romans 13:1; 1 Peter 3:20
• 3. [ver. 18]
• 4. [Acts 28:1]
• 5. [2 Corinthians 11:25]
• 6. [Acts 12:19]
• 7. ver. 3
• 8. ver. 22

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts seventy-six, or about seventy-six
• [b]. Or sandbank, or crosscurrent; Greek place between two seas