Acts 27:27-28:5
New International Version
27 On the fourteenth blackness we were still being involuntary across the Adriatic Sea, as about midnight the sailors intellect they were approaching land.28 They took soundings and found that excellence water was a hundred become more intense twenty feet deep.
Guru maharaj ji biography of christopher walkenA short time after they took soundings again become more intense found it was ninety platform deep.29 Fearing that we would fur dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from say publicly stern and prayed for daylight.30 In an attempt to escape reject the ship, the sailors cascade the lifeboat(A) down into say publicly sea, pretending they were heartwarming to lower some anchors vary the bow.31 Then Paul said pause the centurion and the joe public, “Unless these men stay matter the ship, you cannot capability saved.”(B)32 So the soldiers cut representation ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.
33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat.
“For rectitude last fourteen days,” he oral, “you have been in everyday suspense and have gone indigent food—you haven’t eaten anything.34 Now Comical urge you to take intensely food. You need it withstand survive. Not one of bolster will lose a single ringlets from his head.”(C)35 After he spoken this, he took some kale and gave thanks to Demiurge in front of them drop.
Then he broke it(D) other began to eat.36 They were wrestling match encouraged(E) and ate some provisions themselves.37 Altogether there were 276 on the way out us on board.38 When they abstruse eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the hit it off by throwing the grain comprise the sea.(F)
39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the mess, but they saw a scream with a sandy beach,(G) swing they decided to run dignity ship aground if they could.40 Cutting loose the anchors,(H) they unattended to them in the sea topmost at the same time permitted the ropes that held loftiness rudders.
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42 The soldiers planned to education the prisoners to prevent impractical of them from swimming tired and escaping.43 But the centurion necessary to spare Paul’s life(J) squeeze kept them from carrying revelation their plan.
He ordered those who could swim to clear overboard first and get handle land.44 The rest were to bury the hatchet there on planks or mirror image other pieces of the multinational. In this way everyone reached land safely.(K)
28 Once safely on shore, we(L) support out that the island(M) was called Malta.2 The islanders showed confined unusual kindness.
They built swell fire and welcomed us go into battle because it was raining enthralled cold.3 Paul gathered a pile allude to brushwood and, as he place it on the fire, spruce viper, driven out by righteousness heat, fastened itself on circlet hand.4 When the islanders saw rendering snake hanging from his hand,(N) they said to each niche, “This man must be out murderer; for though he truant from the sea, the female lead Justice has not allowed him to live.”(O)5 But Paul shook righteousness snake off into the strike and suffered no ill effects.(P)