Acts 27:41-43

Worldwide English (New Testament)

⁴¹ But they came to a place where there was sand under the water. The boat stuck in it. The front end stuck so badly that they could not make it go. The back end began to break up because the water beat it so hard.

⁴² The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners so that none of them would swim to land and run away.

⁴³ But the officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers. He told the people, `Those of you who can swim, jump into the water first and get to the land.