33. Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said.
34. “Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.”
35. Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.
36. Then everyone was encouraged and began to eat—
37. all 276 of us who were on board.
38. After eating, the crew lightened the ship further by throwing the cargo of wheat overboard.
39. When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground.
40. So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore.