But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 27:43 in context
Acts 27:40–44
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Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
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But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
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The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
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But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
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and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
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