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39 In the morning light they saw a bay with a sandy beach. They didn’t know what land it was, but they thought they might possibly be able to run the ship aground. 40 They cut the anchors loose and left them in the sea. At the same time, they untied the ropes that ran back to the rudders. They raised the foresail to catch the wind and made for the beach. 41 But they struck a sandbar and the ship ran aground. The bow was stuck and wouldn’t move, and the stern was broken into pieces by the force of the waves. 42 The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming to shore and escaping. 43 However, the centurion wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and head for land. 44 He ordered the rest to grab hold of planks or debris from the ship. In this way, everyone reached land safely.

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39 Now de when hote it was ginomai day hēmera, they did epiginōskō not ou recognize epiginōskō the ho land , but de they noticed katanoeō a tis bay kolpos that had echō a beach aigialos, on eis which hos they planned bouleuō, if ei possible dynamai, to run exōtheō the ho ship ploion ashore . 40 So kai they cut loose periaireō the ho anchors ankyra, left eaō them in eis the ho sea thalassa, and at the same hama time untied aniēmi the ho ropes zeuktēria that held the ho rudders pēdalion. Then kai hoisting epairō the ho foresail artemōn to the ho wind pneō, they made katechō for eis the ho beach aigialos. 41 But de caught peripiptō in eis some topos crosscurrents dithalassos, they ran epikellō the ho ship naus aground ; · kai the ho bow prōra stuck ereidō and remained menō immovable asaleutos, but de the ho stern prymna began to break lyō up by hypo the ho force bia of the ho waves kyma. 42 It was ginomai the plan boulē of the ho · de soldiers stratiōtēs to hina kill apokteinō the ho prisoners desmōtēs, so none mē tis could escape diapheugō by swimming ekkolymbaō away . 43 But de the ho centurion hekatontarchēs, wanting boulomai to spare diasōzō · ho Paul’ s Paulos life, prevented kōlyō them autos from · ho carrying boulēma out their plan ; and te he ordered keleuō those ho who could dynamai swim kolymbaō to throw aporiptō themselves overboard first prōtos and make for epi the ho land , 44 and kai the ho rest loipos, some hos men on epi planks sanis and de others hos on epi pieces tis · ho of apo the ho ship ploion. And kai so houtōs it came ginomai about that all pas escaped diasōzō safely to epi the ho land .

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