^{42 Ref} The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

^{43 Ref} But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

^{44 Ref} and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.