Acts 27:40-42

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴⁰ So the sailors cut the ropes which had the anchors on them. They left the anchors there in the sea. They also removed the ropes which had tied the rudders. Then they raised the sail at the front of the ship. Now the wind could blow the ship straight towards the shore. ⁴¹ But there was a place in the sea where the water was not deep. The ship sailed onto the sand in this place and it stayed there. The front of the ship pushed into the sand and it could not move. The sea was very strong and it hit against the back of the ship. As a result, the back of the ship broke into pieces.

⁴² The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners that they were guarding. They did not want these men to swim to the land and escape.