34. I beg you, then, eat some food; you need it in order to survive. Not even a hair of your heads will be lost.”
35. After saying this, Paul took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, broke it, and began to eat.
36. They took heart, and every one of them also ate some food.
37. There was a total of 276 of us on board.
38. After everyone had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing all the wheat into the sea.
39. When day came, the sailors did not recognize the coast, but they noticed a bay with a beach and decided that, if possible, they would run the ship aground there.
40. So they cut off the anchors and let them sink in the sea, and at the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars. Then they raised the sail at the front of the ship so that the wind would blow the ship forward, and we headed for shore.