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But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had letdown1the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,
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Paulsaid to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless*thesemenremain in the ship, you yourselvescannot* be saved."
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Then the soldierscutaway the 2ropes of the ship's boat and let it fallaway.
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Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenthday that you have been constantlywatching and going withouteating, having takennothing.
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"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for 3not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."
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Having saidthis, he tookbread and 4gavethanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.
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All5of them were encouraged and they themselves also tookfood.
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All of us in the ship were twohundred and seventy-six*6persons.
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When they had eatenenough*, they began to lighten the ship by 7throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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Whendaycame, 8they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the shiponto it if they could.
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And castingoff9the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the sametime they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach.