Acts 27:29

lest we should have fallen upon rocks [R.V.should be cast ashore on rocky ground]. That rocks were near was evident from the dashing of the waves. But the morning, even with the faint light which appeared through the dark clouds, might enable them to make for a part where the coast was not so full of danger.

out of the stern Thus trying as best they might to keep the head of the vessel towards the land and yet let her come no nearer to it, until they could make out what it was like.

wished for the day Or the verb may be rendered "prayed." The similarity of the circumstances to those in Jonah's voyage would thus be made still greater, for then the heathen sailors prayed to their own gods.