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As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.
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Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."
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And when he had said this, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.
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Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.
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(We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.)
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And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore.
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So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.
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But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was broken up by the surf.
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The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape;
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but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land,