¹⁷ When they had taken it on board, they used cables to undergird the ship; and fearing lest they should run aground on the ^[a]Syrtis Sands, they struck sail and so were driven.

²⁹ Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and ^[a]prayed for day to come.

⁴¹ But striking ^[a]a place where two seas met, ^(A)they ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.

²⁶ However, ^(A)we must run aground on a certain island.”