KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 27:10–17
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Acts 27:10
10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
10And said vnto them, Sirs, I perceiue that this voyage will be with ‖hurt and much damage, not onely of the lading & ship, but also of our liues.
- Or, inuirie.
Acts 27:11
11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
11Neuerthelesse, the Centurion beleeued the master and the owner of the shippe, more then those things which were spoken by Paul.
Acts 27:12
12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
12And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence also, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an hauen of Creete, and lieth toward the Southwest, and Northwest.
Acts 27:13
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
13And when the South wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Creete.
Acts 27:14
14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
14But not long after, there ‖arose against it a tempestuous winde, called Euroclydon.
- Or, beat.
Acts 27:15
15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue.
Acts 27:16
16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
16And running vnder a certaine yland, which is called Clauda, wee had much worke to come by the boate:
Acts 27:17
17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
17Which when they had taken vp, they vsed helps, vnder-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicke-sands, strake saile, and so were driuen.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:10
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Respectful forms of address for men or male superiors.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A passing by sea or water from one place, port or country to another, especially a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To harm; to damage; to injure by occasioning loss.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Harm, injury, or loss; as a verb, to injure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Loading; charging with a burden or freight; throwing or dipping out.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
States or periods of living; also remains alive or conducts one's life.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:11
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Nevertheless
Not the less; even so; despite the preceding circumstance or objection.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A Roman officer commanding about one hundred soldiers.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
Credited; assented to, as true.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who has authority, ownership, command, or superior skill; also a teacher or head of a household.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The person who rightfully possesses or holds title to what is named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:12
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sheltered harbour or safe place for ships.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
commodious
Convenient, suitable, or spacious enough for use.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
The cold season of the year; to remain or lodge during that season.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A portion or division of a whole; also to divide, separate, depart, or share.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Counseled or recommended a course of action.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow. To leave; to forsake; to abandon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The direction of sunset; the western region; or toward or from that direction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The northern direction, side, quarter, or region named by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:13
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Gently, quietly, slowly, or without force, harshness, or loudness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Laying down or imagining to exist or be true; stating as a case that may be; imagining; receiving as true.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Gained; procured; acquired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To untie, release, set free, or let go; not bound or fastened.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Travelled or proceeded in a ship or other vessel over water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shut, enclosed, near, confined, or joined closely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:14
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
tempestuous
Boisterous, or stormy.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Euroclydon
Euroclydon, the tempestuous wind named in Acts 27:14.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:15
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To catch: to seize, capture, overtake, entangle, or take hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To carry, support, endure, produce, bring forth, or sustain, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To force, urge, guide, or cause to move forward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:16
That which runs or flows; the act of running or passing with speed; the discharge of an ulcer or other sore.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Sure, definite, established, or particular though not specifically named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A body of land surrounded by water; in older usage, sometimes a coastland.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A small vessel used for passage or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:17
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Employed, applied, treated, practised, or was accustomed to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Aid, assistance, or relief; as a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Struck.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A broad piece of fabric spread to catch the wind and move a vessel.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To drive: to impel, force, urge, or move onward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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Open the full verse study41And 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.
42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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:
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.
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Open the full verse study7Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
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Open the full verse study30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
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Open the full verse study14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
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Open the full verse study9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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Open the full verse study34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
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Open the full verse study16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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Open the full verse study38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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Open the full verse study18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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Open the full verse study31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
From verse 11
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Open the full verse study4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
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Open the full verse study17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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Open the full verse study7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
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Open the full verse study21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
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Open the full verse study12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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Open the full verse study10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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Open the full verse study20He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.
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Open the full verse study17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
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Open the full verse study30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
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Open the full verse study55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
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Open the full verse study26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
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Open the full verse study25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Open the full verse study21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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Open the full verse study26¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
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Open the full verse study3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
4¶ But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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Open the full verse study24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
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Open the full verse study4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
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Open the full verse study26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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Open the full verse study41And 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.
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