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Acts 27:37-44

37AndwewereG1510inallintheshipG4143twoδιακόσιαιdiakosiaiG1250hundredG1250threescoreandsixteensoulsψυχαὶpsuchaiG5590.

38Andwhentheyhadeatenenough,theylightenedtheshipπλοῖονploionG4143, throwingoutthewheatσῖτονsitonG4621intotheseaθάλασσαν.thalassanG2281.

39AndwhenὅτεhoteG3753itwasdayἡμέραhēmeraG2250,theyknewG1921notthelandγῆνgēnG1093:buttheyperceivedacertainτιναtinaG5100baywithabeach,andtheytookcounselwhethertheycoulddrivetheshipπλοῖον.ploionG4143uponit.

40AndcastingofftheanchorsἀγκύραςagkurasG45,theyleftthemintheseaθάλασσαν,thalassanG2281,atthesameἅμαhamaG260timeG260loosingthebandsoftherudders;andhoistinguptheforesailtothewind,theymadeforthebeach.

41Butlighting uponaplaceτόπονtoponG5117wheretwoseasmet,theyranthevesselaground;andtheforeship struckandremainedἔμεινενemeinenG3306unmoveable,butthesternπρύμναprumnaG4403begantobreakG3089upbytheviolenceβίαςbiasG970ofthewaves.

42Andthesoldiers’στρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnG4757counselG1012wastokillἀποκτείνωσιν,apokteinōsinG615theprisonersδεσμώταςdesmōtasG1202,lestμήmēG3361anyofthemshouldswimout,andescape.

43ButthecenturionἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēsG1543,desiringtosaveδιασῶσαιdiasōsaiG1295PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972, stayedthemfromtheirpurpose;andcommandedἐκέλευσένekeleusenG2753thattheywhocouldswimshouldcastthemselvesoverboard,andgetfirstπρώτουςprōtousG4413tothelandγῆνgēnG1093;

44andtherestλοιποὺςloipousG3062,someonplanks,andsomeonotherG3062thingsG3956fromtheshipπλοίου.ploiouG4143.AndsoitcameG1096topassἐγένετοegenetoG1096,thattheyallescaped safetothelandγῆν.gēnG1093.

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