Safe at last, Acts 27:41-44
Verse 41: The mariners ran the ship aground at a place where two seas met. The suggests land such as a sandbar where the creek dumped into the sea, with deeper water on either side, i.e., “where two seas met.” The front of the ship stuck aground and would not move. The back of the ship was battered by the waves and broken apart.
Verse 42: A new problem arises, as the soldiers think it is wisdom to just kill the prisoners. That way they will not have to worry about any of them escaping, while they are trying to save their own lives. For discussion of the responsibility of guards for prisoners, see comments at Acts 12:19 and Acts 16:17. God spared all the occupants of the ship for Paul’s sake. The centurion desired to save all the prisoners for Paul’s sake.
Verses 43-44: The centurion in charge, intending to save Paul, would not allow it. He kept his soldiers from killing the prisoners. He commanded those who could swim to jump into the sea and get to land that way. Those who could not swim clung to the wreckage, boards and broken pieces of the ship and thus made their way to land as well. “And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land,” just as Paul had prophesied. “all safe” as God promised Paul, there would be no loss of life. Of all 276 people, God who promised none would be lost, lost none. 276 were alive in the ship. 276 made it to land alive. What God had promised, he was able also to perform, Romans 4:21.
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