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The Shipwreck

39 In the morning they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if they could.(A) 40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea. At the same time they loosened the ropes that tied the steering-oars; then hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.(B) 41 But striking a reef,[a] they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.(C) 42 The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none might swim away and escape;(D) 43 but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land(E) 44 and the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.(F)

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  1. 27.41 Gk place of two seas