Acts 27:43
King James Version
Translation: KJV
41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.Select Acts 27:41
42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.Select Acts 27:42
43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:Select Acts 27:43
44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.Select Acts 27:44
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WEB
27:43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
ASV
27:43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;
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