Acts 27:42-44

International Children’s Bible

⁴² The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so that none of them could swim away and escape. ⁴³ But Julius, the officer, wanted to let Paul live. He did not allow the soldiers to kill the prisoners. Instead he ordered everyone who could swim to jump into the water and swim to land. ⁴⁴ The rest used wooden boards or pieces of the ship. And this is how all the people made it safely to land.