29. The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks, so they threw four anchors into the water. Then they prayed for daylight to come.
30. Some of the sailors wanted to leave the ship, and they lowered the lifeboat to the water. They wanted the other men to think that they were throwing more anchors from the front of the ship.
31. But Paul told the army officer and the other soldiers, “If these men do not stay in the ship, you will lose all hope of survival.”
32. So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water.