Acts 27:44 BBE

⁴²  Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

⁴³  But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

⁴⁴  And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.