30. And when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending as if they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,
31. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!”
32. Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.
33. And until the day was about to come, Paul was urging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited anxiously, and you have continued without eating, having taken nothing.
34. Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost.”
35. And after he said these things and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of them all, and after breaking it, he began to eat.
36. So they all were encouraged and partook of food themselves.
37. (Now we were in all two hundred seventy six persons on the ship.)
38. And when they had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
39. Now when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which they decided to run the ship ashore if they could.
40. And slipping the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the steering oars. And hoisting the foresail to the wind that was blowing, they held course for the beach.
41. But falling into a place of crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast and stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.
42. Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape by swimming away,
43. but the centurion, because he wanted to save Paul, prevented them from doing what they intended, and gave orders that those who were able to swim should jump in first to get to the land,
44. and then the rest, some of whom floated on planks and some of whom on anything that was from the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to the land.