30. The sailors tried to abandon the ship by lowering the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower anchors from the bow.
31. Paul said to the centurion and his soldiers, "Unless they stay in the ship, you can’t be saved from peril."
32. The soldiers then cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.
33. Just before daybreak, Paul urged everyone to eat. He said, "This is the fourteenth day you’ve lived in suspense, and you’ve not had even a bite to eat.
34. I urge you to take some food. Your health depends on it. None of you will lose a single hair from his head."
35. After he said these things, he took bread, gave thanks to God in front of them all, then broke it and began to eat.
36. Everyone was encouraged and took some food. (
37. In all, there were two hundred seventy-six of us on the ship.)