But they struck a sandbank between two currents and ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck fast and would not move, while the stern began to break up under the pounding of the waves.
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39When day came they did not recognize the land, but they could make out a bay with a beach, and they decided to run the ship ashore there if they could. 40They cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, untied the ropes of the steering-oars, hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. 41But they struck a sandbank between two currents and ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck fast and would not move, while the stern began to break up under the pounding of the waves. 42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them could swim away and escape. 43But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from carrying it out. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,
