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But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,
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Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these abide in the ship *ye* cannot be saved.
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall.
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And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.
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Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.
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And, having said these things and taken a loaf, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it began to eat.
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And all taking courage, themselves also took food.
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And we were in the ship, all the souls, two hundred and seventy-six.
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And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
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And when it was day they did not recognise the land; but they perceived a certain bay having a strand, on which they were minded, if they should be able, to run the ship ashore;
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and, having cast off the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the strand.