And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.(Acts 27:40)

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.(Acts 27:41)

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.(Acts 27:42)

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.(Acts 27:44)

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.(Acts 28:1)

And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.(Acts 28:2)

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Acts 27:43 - Cross Reference

And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. (Acts 23:24)

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Proverbs 16:7)

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. (Acts 27:31)

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; (2 Corinthians 11:25)

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. (Acts 23:10)

Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. (Acts 27:11)

And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. (Acts 27:3)