Acts 27:40-42

Expanded Bible

⁴⁰ So they ·cut the ropes to [^Lcast off] the anchors and left ·the anchors [^Lthem] in the sea. At the same time, they untied the ropes that were holding the rudders. Then they raised the front sail into the wind and sailed toward the beach. ⁴¹ But the ship hit a ·sandbank [reef; shoal; or cross-current; ^Lplace of two seas]. The front of the ship stuck there and could not move, but the ·back of the ship [stern] began to break up from the big waves.

⁴² The soldiers ·decided [made a decision] to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim away and escape.