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Acts 27:41-43 Good News Bible (GNB)

41. But the ship hit a sandbank and went aground; the front part of the ship got stuck and could not move, while the back part was being broken to pieces by the violence of the waves.

42. The soldiers made a plan to kill all the prisoners, in order to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping.

43. But the army officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from doing this. Instead, he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore;