{Some on planks} (hous men epi sanisin). Common Greek
idiom (hous men--hous de) for "some--some." The only N.T.
instance of the old Greek word sanis for board or plank. The
breaking of the ship gave scraps of timber which some used. {They
all escaped safe} (pantas dias(9374)h(886e)ai). First aorist passive
infinitive of dias(937a)(935c) (the very word used for the desire of the
centurion about Paul) with accusative of general reference, the
clause being subject of egeneto. So Luke in this marvellous
narrative, worthy of any historian in any age, shows how Paul's
promise was fulfilled (verse  24 ). Paul the prisoner is the hero
of the voyage and shipwreck, a wonderful example of God's
providential care.