Acts 27:39-44 - The Shipwreck
39 When day broke, they could not recognize the land, but they spied a bay that had a beach, and determined, if possible, to run the ship ashore. 40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea; at the same time they undid the ropes of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the breeze they headed for the beach. 41 But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, to keep any of them from swimming ashore and escaping, 43 but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow, 44 some on planks and others on various bits of the ship. And thus they all got safely to land.