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The ship gets stuck on a sandbar that has been formed by the two currents coming together.
The waves are splitting the ship in half.

Act 27:42 And the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away
and escape.

Now that the ship is stuck outside the harbor, the soldiers want to kill the prisoners, including
Paul. Paul has already prophesied this would not happen, but they don’t care. Now that they
appear to be safe, the centurion will again assume command.

Act 27:43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and
commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,

Paul is now responsible again for sparing lives. This time it is the prisoners. Those who can
swim are commanded to dive in and head toward shore first.

Act 27:44 and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they
all escaped safely to land.

The centurion takes command, and they all make it to shore safely.