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Acts 27:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Acts 27:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
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- 27.41 Gk place of two seas
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