Acts 27:32

"By this time the centurion has learned that it was unwise to disregard Paul's advice" (Reese p. 912). There is wisdom behind cutting loose the lifeboat. "History is full of accounts of the terrible scene which accompanies frantic men's attempts to take what seems the last means of escape from. disaster. Furthermore, if the boast were still available through the rest of the night, what is to keep the sailors from trying to escape again later?" (Reese p. 912).