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Acts 27:40-42
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Acts 27:40-42
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands; and hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.
41 And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground; and the forepart indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea.
42 And the soldiers' counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.
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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
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