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7:9 It took Ezra four months to make the journey from Babylon to Israel. We should not think of his journey as a simple trip. Clearly it was an arduous and dangerous trip - see 8:22
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Artaxerxes I, called Longimanus (long-handed), was the son of Xerxes I. He ruled from 465 BC to 424 BC. Therefore, Ezra would have made his trip to Jerusalem in 458 BC; 140 years after the first exiles were taken to Babylon.
Even though Cyrus had decreed that the Jews were free to return to Judah and Jerusalem in 539 BC, not all were in a hurry to exercise this offer. Many Jews had prospered in Babylon and were not anxious to return, especially the subsequent generations born in Babylon who had no firsthand experience of their homeland.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to Michael
Ezra means helper, which was an apt name for the services he performed. However, Ezra was a man of ardent faith, and he considered Yahweh as his helper. In fact, he was so faithful that he considered Yahweh as the only helper he needed.
As has been stated, the journey to Jerusalem was long, arduous, and dangerous. Artaxerxes wanted to send soldiers along with Ezra and his band for protection (…he took to Jerusalem 1,754 persons, including Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, porters, and Nethinim - Fausset).
But, Ezra was disquieted with this arrangement because he thought it was a breach of faith (8:22,23).
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2008 Reply to Michael
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1. Now after <310> these things <1697>, in the reign <4438> of Artaxerxes <783> king <4428> of Persia <6539>, Ezra <5830> the son <1121> of Seraiah <8304>, the son <1121> of Azariah <5838>, the son <1121> of Hilkiah <2518>,
2. The son <1121> of Shallum <7967>, the son <1121> of Zadok <6659>, the son <1121> of Ahitub <285>,
3. The son <1121> of Amariah <568>, the son <1121> of Azariah <5838>, the son <1121> of Meraioth <4812>,
4. The son <1121> of Zerahiah <2228>, the son <1121> of Uzzi <5813>, the son <1121> of Bukki <1231>,
5. The son <1121> of Abishua <50>, the son <1121> of Phinehas <6372>, the son <1121> of Eleazar <499>, the son <1121> of Aaron <175> the chief <7218> priest <3548>:
6. This Ezra <5830> went up <5927>(8804) from Babylon <894>; and he was a ready <4106> scribe <5608>(8802) in the law <8451> of Moses <4872>, which the LORD <3068> God <430> of Israel <3478> had given <5414>(8804): and the king <4428> granted <5414>(8799) him all his request <1246>, according to the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> his God <430> upon him.
7. And there went up <5927>(8799) some of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and of the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, and the singers <7891>(8789), and the porters <7778>, and the Nethinims <5411>, unto Jerusalem <3389>, in the seventh <7651> year <8141> of Artaxerxes <783> the king <4428>.
8. And he came <935>(8799) to Jerusalem <3389> in the fifth <2549> month <2320>, which was in the seventh <7637> year <8141> of the king <4428>.
9. For upon the first <259> day of the first <7223> month <2320> began <3246> he to go up <4609> from Babylon <894>, and on the first <259> day of the fifth <2549> month <2320> came <935>(8804) he to Jerusalem <3389>, according to the good <2896> hand <3027> of his God <430> upon him.
10. For Ezra <5830> had prepared <3559>(8689) his heart <3824> to seek <1875>(8800) the law <8451> of the LORD <3068>, and to do <6213>(8800) it, and to teach <3925>(8763) in Israel <3478> statutes <2706> and judgments <4941>.
11. Now this is the copy <6572> of the letter <5406> that the king <4428> Artaxerxes <783> gave <5414>(8804) unto Ezra <5830> the priest <3548>, the scribe <5608>(8802), even a scribe <5608>(8802) of the words <1697> of the commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068>, and of his statutes <2706> to Israel <3478>.
12. Artaxerxes <783>, king <4430> of kings <4430>, unto Ezra <5831> the priest <3549>, a scribe <5613> of the law <1882> of the God <426> of heaven <8065>, perfect <1585>(8752) peace, and at such a time <3706>.
13. I <4481> make <7761>(8752) a decree <2942>, that all <3606> they of <4481> the people <5972> of Israel <3479>, and of his priests <3549> and Levites <3879>, in my realm <4437>, which are minded of their own freewill <5069>(8723) to go up <1946>(8749) to Jerusalem <3390>, go <1946>(8748) with thee <5974>.
14. Forasmuch <1768> <6903> as <3606> thou art sent <7972>(8750) of <4481> <6925> the king <4430>, and of his seven <7655> counsellors <3272>(8750), to enquire <1240>(8742) concerning <5922> Judah <3061> and Jerusalem <3390>, according to the law <1882> of thy God <426> which is in thine hand <3028>;
15. And to carry <2987>(8682) the silver <3702> and gold <1722>, which the king <4430> and his counsellors <3272>(8750) have freely offered <5069>(8724) unto the God <426> of Israel <3479>, whose <1768> habitation <4907> is in Jerusalem <3390>,
16. And all <3606> the silver <3702> and gold <1722> that thou canst find <7912>(8681) in all <3606> the province <4083> of Babylon <895>, with <5974> the freewill offering <5069>(8722) of the people <5972>, and of the priests <3549>, offering willingly <5069>(8723) for the house <1005> of their God <426> which is in Jerusalem <3390>:
17. That <3606> <6903> thou mayest buy <7066>(8748) speedily <629> with this <1836> money <3702> bullocks <8450>, rams <1798>, lambs <563>, with their meat offerings <4504> and their drink offerings <5261>, and offer <7127>(8741) them <1994> upon <5922> the altar <4056> of the house <1005> of your God <426> which is in Jerusalem <3390>.
18. And whatsoever <4101> <1768> shall seem good <3191>(8748) to thee, and to <5922> thy brethren <252>, to do <5648>(8749) with the rest <7606> of the silver <3702> and the gold <1722>, that do <5648>(8748) after the will <7470> of your God <426>.
19. The vessels <3984> also that are given <3052>(8727) thee for the service <6402> of the house <1005> of thy God <426>, those deliver <8000>(8680) thou before <6925> the God <426> of Jerusalem <3390>.
20. And whatsoever more <7606> shall be needful <2819> for the house <1005> of thy God <426>, which thou shalt have occasion <5308>(8748) to bestow <5415>(8749), bestow <5415>(8748) it out of <4481> the king's <4430> treasure <1596> house <1005>.
21. And I <4481>, even I <576> Artaxerxes <783> the king <4430>, do make <7761>(8752) a decree <2942> to all <3606> the treasurers <1490> which are beyond <5675> the river <5103>, that whatsoever Ezra <5831> the priest <3549>, the scribe <5613> of the law <1882> of the God <426> of heaven <8065>, shall require <7593>(8748) of you, it be done <5648>(8725) speedily <629>,
22. Unto <5705> an hundred <3969> talents <3604> of silver <3702>, and to an hundred <3969> measures <3734> of wheat <2591>, and to an hundred <3969> baths <1325> of wine <2562>, and to an hundred <3969> baths <1325> of oil <4887>, and salt <4416> without <3809> prescribing <3792> how much.
23. Whatsoever <3606> is commanded <2941> by <4481> the God <426> of heaven <8065>, let it be diligently <149> done <5648>(8725) for the house <1005> of the God <426> of heaven <8065>: for <1768> why <4101> should there be <1934>(8748) wrath <7109> against <5922> the realm <4437> of the king <4430> and his sons <1123>?
24. Also we certify <3046>(8683) you, that touching any <3606> of the priests <3549> and Levites <3879>, singers <2171>, porters <8652>, Nethinims <5412>, or ministers <6399>(8750) of this <1836> house <1005> of God <426>, it shall not <3809> be lawful <7990> to impose <7412>(8749) toll <4061>, tribute <1093>, or custom <1983>, upon <5922> them.
25. And thou <607>, Ezra <5831>, after the wisdom <2452> of thy God <426>, that is in thine hand <3028>, set <4483>(8740) magistrates <8200>(8751) and judges <1782>, which may judge <1934>(8748) <1778>(8751) all <3606> the people <5972> that are beyond <5675> the river <5103>, all <3606> such as know <3046>(8751) the laws <1882> of thy God <426>; and teach <3046>(8681) ye them that know <3046>(8751) them not <3809>.
26. And whosoever <3606> will not <3809> do <1934>(8748) <5648>(8751) the law <1882> of thy God <426>, and the law <1882> of the king <4430>, let judgment <1780> be <1934>(8748) executed <5648>(8727) speedily <629> upon him <4481>, whether <2006> it be unto death <4193>, or <2006> to banishment <8332>, or <2006> to confiscation <6065> of goods <5232>, or to imprisonment <613>.
27. Blessed <1288>(8803) be the LORD <3068> God <430> of our fathers <1>, which hath put <5414>(8804) such a thing as this in the king's <4428> heart <3820>, to beautify <6286>(8763) the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> which is in Jerusalem <3389>:
28. And hath extended <5186>(8689) mercy <2617> unto me before <6440> the king <4428>, and his counsellors <3289>(8802), and before all the king's <4428> mighty <1368> princes <8269>. And I was strengthened <2388>(8694) as the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> my God <430> was upon me, and I gathered together <6908>(8799) out of Israel <3478> chief men <7218> to go up <5927>(8800) with me.
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1. Set the trumpet <7782> to thy mouth <2441>. He shall come as an eagle <5404> against the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, because they have transgressed <5674>(8804) my covenant <1285>, and trespassed <6586>(8804) against my law <8451>.
2. Israel <3478> shall cry <2199>(8799) unto me, My God <430>, we know <3045>(8804) thee.
3. Israel <3478> hath cast off <2186>(8804) the thing that is good <2896>: the enemy <341>(8802) shall pursue <7291>(8799) him.
4. They have set up kings <4427>(8689), but not by me: they have made princes <7786>(8689), and I knew <3045>(8804) it not: of their silver <3701> and their gold <2091> have they made <6213>(8804) them idols <6091>, that they may be cut off <3772>(8735).
5. Thy calf <5695>, O Samaria <8111>, hath cast <2186>(8804) thee off; mine anger <639> is kindled <2734>(8804) against them: how long will it be ere <3808> they attain <3201>(8799) to innocency <5356>?
6. For from Israel <3478> was it also: the workman <2796> made <6213>(8804) it; therefore it is not God <430>: but the calf <5695> of Samaria <8111> shall be broken in pieces <7616>.
7. For they have sown <2232>(8799) the wind <7307>, and they shall reap <7114>(8799) the whirlwind <5492>: it hath no stalk <7054>: the bud <6780> shall yield <6213>(8799) no meal <7058>: if <194> so be it yield <6213>(8799), the strangers <2114>(8801) shall swallow it up <1104>(8799).
8. Israel <3478> is swallowed up <1104>(8738): now shall they be among the Gentiles <1471> as a vessel <3627> wherein is no pleasure <2656>.
9. For they are gone up <5927>(8804) to Assyria <804>, a wild ass <6501> alone <909>(8802) by himself: Ephraim <669> hath hired <8566>(8689) lovers <158>.
10. Yea, though they have hired <8566>(8799) among the nations <1471>, now will I gather <6908>(8762) them, and they shall sorrow <2490>(8686) a little <4592> for the burden <4853> of the king <4428> of princes <8269>.
11. Because Ephraim <669> hath made many <7235>(8689) altars <4196> to sin <2398>(8800), altars <4196> shall be unto him to sin <2398>(8800).
12. I have written <3789>(8799) to him the great things <7230>(8675) <7239> of my law <8451>, but they were counted <2803>(8738) as a strange <2114>(8801) thing.
13. They sacrifice <2076>(8799) flesh <1320> for the sacrifices <2077> of mine offerings <1890>, and eat <398>(8799) it; but the LORD <3068> accepteth <7521>(8804) them not; now will he remember <2142>(8799) their iniquity <5771>, and visit <6485>(8799) their sins <2403>: they shall return <7725>(8799) to Egypt <4714>.
14. For Israel <3478> hath forgotten <7911>(8799) his Maker <6213>(8802), and buildeth <1129>(8799) temples <1964>; and Judah <3063> hath multiplied <7235>(8689) fenced <1219>(8803) cities <5892>: but I will send <7971>(8765) a fire <784> upon his cities <5892>, and it shall devour <398>(8804) the palaces <759> thereof.
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:7 So Paul passed by Crete. Was Titus with Paul up to this point and was left there because of the needs of the ecclesias there ( Titus 1:5 )
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Paul's complete journey from Caesarea to Rome would have taken 7- 8 months. The longest and most tempestuous stretch, at sea, was from Fair Havens, in Crete, to Malta. The storm and the fear of the sailors, as well as the guiding hand of Yahweh, are echoed in Psa 107:23-30.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2008 Reply to Michael
RIGHT WHERE WE ARE
Imagine if Paul hadn't been in the ship as it was driven through the storm. There would have been no one to stand up as the men on the ship reached the end of their strength, to urge them to eat and have courage. And there would have been no one to encourage the people, to share food to give them strength just before they struck land. If Paul had not been with them, everyone on board would have continued fasting for the whole fourteen days of the storm, and when the ship struck ground, none of them would have had the strength to face the forces of nature. All the crew, soldiers, prisoners and everyone on board would have been killed in the shipwreck.
It's easy to see this in hindsight, but if we were on the ship, we probably wouldn't have recognized the good that Paul did. He may not have realized how significant his actions were.
We can be like Paul. We can be people who bring messages of hope in the darkness of life's storms. We can be people who stand in the strength of the Lord when everyone around us is falling. We can help them up.
Paul helped save all those on board. Who knows what good we might be able to do for those around us?
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2021 Reply to Robert
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1. And <1161> when <5613> it was determined <2919>(5681) that we <2248> should sail <636>(5721) into <1519> Italy <2482>, they delivered <3860>(5707) <5037> Paul <3972> and <2532> certain <5100> other <2087> prisoners <1202> unto one named <3686> Julius <2457>, a centurion <1543> of Augustus <4575>' band <4686>.
2. And <1161> entering <1910>(5631) into a ship <4143> of Adramyttium <98>, we launched <321>(5681), meaning <3195>(5723) to sail <4126>(5721) by <2596> the coasts <5117> of Asia <773>; one Aristarchus <708>, a Macedonian <3110> of Thessalonica <2331>, being <5607>(5752) with <4862> us <2254>.
3. And <5037> the next <2087> day we touched <2609>(5648) at <1519> Sidon <4605>. And Julius <2457> courteously <5364> entreated <5530>(5666) Paul <3972>, and gave him liberty <2010>(5656) to go <4198>(5679) unto <4314> his <846> friends <5384> to refresh himself <5177>(5629) <1958>.
4. And <2547> <0> when we had launched <321>(5685) from thence <2547>, we sailed under <5284>(5656) Cyprus <2954>, because <1223> the winds <417> were <1511>(5750) contrary <1727>.
5. And <5037> when we had sailed over <1277>(5660) the sea <3989> of <2596> Cilicia <2791> and <2532> Pamphylia <3828>, we came <2718>(5627) to <1519> Myra <3460>, a city of Lycia <3073>.
6. And there <2546> the centurion <1543> found <2147>(5631) a ship <4143> of Alexandria <222> sailing <4126>(5723) into <1519> Italy <2482>; and he put <1688>(5656) us <2248> therein <1519> <846>.
7. And <1161> when we had sailed slowly <1020>(5723) <1722> many <2425> days <2250>, and <2532> scarce <3433> were come <1096>(5637) over against <2596> Cnidus <2834>, the wind <417> not <3361> suffering <4330>(5723) us <2248>, we sailed under <5284>(5656) Crete <2914>, over against <2596> Salmone <4534>;
8. And <5037>, hardly <3433> passing <3881>(5740) it <846>, came <2064>(5627) unto <1519> a <5100> place <5117> which is called <2564>(5746) The fair <2570> havens <2568> <3040>; nigh <1451> whereunto <3739> was <2258>(5713) the city <4172> of Lasea <2996>.
9. Now <1161> when much <2425> time <5550> was spent <1230>(5637), and <2532> when sailing <4144> was <5607>(5752) now <2235> dangerous <2000>, because <1223> the fast <3521> was <3928> <0> now <2532> already <2235> past <3928>(5755), Paul <3972> admonished <3867>(5707) them,
10. And said <3004>(5723) unto them <846>, Sirs <435>, I perceive <2334>(5719) that <3754> this voyage <4144> will be <3195>(5721) <1510>(5705) with <3326> hurt <5196> and <2532> much <4183> damage <2209>, not <3756> only <3440> of the lading <5414> and <2532> ship <4143>, but <235> also <2532> of our <2257> lives <5590>.
11. Nevertheless <1161> the centurion <1543> believed <3982>(5712) the master <2942> and <2532> the owner of the ship <3490>, more <3123> than <2228> those things which were spoken <3004>(5746) by <5259> Paul <3972>.
12. And <1161> because <5225> <0> the haven <3040> was <5225>(5723) not commodious <428> to <4314> winter in <3915>, the more part <4119> advised <1012> <5087>(5639) to depart <321>(5683) thence also <2547>, if <1513> by any means <4458> they might <1410>(5739) attain <2658>(5660) to <1519> Phenice <5405>, and there to winter <3914>(5658); which is an haven <3040> of Crete <2914>, and lieth <991>(5723) toward <2596> the south west <3047> and <2532> <2596> north west <5566>.
13. And <1161> when the south wind <3558> blew softly <5285>(5660), supposing <1380>(5660) that they had obtained <2902>(5760) their purpose <4286>, loosing <142>(5660) thence, they sailed <3881>(5711) close by <788> Crete <2914>.
14. But <1161> not <3756> long <4183> after <3326> there arose <906>(5627) against <2596> it <846> a tempestuous <5189> wind <417>, called <2564>(5746) Euroclydon <2148>.
15. And <1161> when the ship <4143> was caught <4884>(5685), and <2532> could <1410>(5740) not <3361> bear up into <503>(5721) the wind <417>, we let her drive <1929>(5631) <5342>(5712).
16. And <1161> running under <5295>(5631) a certain <5100> island <3519> which is called <2564>(5746) Clauda <2802>, we had <2480> <0> much <3433> work <2480>(5656) to come by <4031> <1096>(5635) the boat <4627>:
17. Which <3739> when they had taken up <142>(5660), they used <5530>(5711) helps <996>, undergirding <5269>(5723) the ship <4143>; and <5037>, fearing <5399>(5740) lest <3361> they should fall <1601>(5632) into <1519> the quicksands <4950>, strake <5465>(5660) sail <4632>, and so <3779> were driven <5342>(5712).
18. And <1161> we <2257> being exceedingly <4971> tossed with a tempest <5492>(5746), the next <1836> day they lightened the ship <1546> <4160>(5710);
19. And <2532> the third <5154> day we cast out <4496>(5656) with our own hands <849> the tackling <4631> of the ship <4143>.
20. And <1161> when neither <3383> sun <2246> nor <3383> stars <798> in <1909> many <4119> days <2250> appeared <2014>(5723), and <5037> no <3756> small <3641> tempest <5494> lay on <1945>(5740) us, all <3956> hope <1680> that we <2248> should be saved <4982>(5745) was <4014> <0> then <3063> taken away <4014>(5712).
21. But <1161> after <5225>(5723) long <4183> abstinence <776> <5119> Paul <3972> stood forth <2476>(5685) in <1722> the midst <3319> of them <846>, and said <2036>(5627), Sirs <5599> <435>, ye should <1163>(5713) <3303> have hearkened <3980>(5660) unto me <3427>, and not <3361> have loosed <321>(5745) from <575> Crete <2914>, and <5037> to have gained <2770>(5658) this <5026> harm <5196> and <2532> loss <2209>.
22. And <2532> now <3569> I exhort <3867>(5719) you <5209> to be of good cheer <2114>(5721): for <1063> there shall be <2071>(5704) no <3762> loss <580> of any man's life <5590> among <1537> you <5216>, but <4133> of the ship <4143>.
23. For <1063> there stood by <3936>(5627) me <3427> this <5026> night <3571> the angel <32> of God <2316>, whose <3739> I am <1510>(5748), and <2532> whom <3739> I serve <3000>(5719),
24. Saying <3004>(5723), Fear <5399>(5732)(5737) not <3361>, Paul <3972>; thou <4571> must <1163>(5748) be brought before <3936>(5629) Caesar <2541>: and <2532>, lo <2400>(5628), God <2316> hath given <5483>(5766) thee <4671> all <3956> them that sail <4126>(5723) with <3326> thee <4675>.
25. Wherefore <1352>, sirs <435>, be of good cheer <2114>(5720): for <1063> I believe <4100>(5719) God <2316>, that <3754> it shall be <2071>(5704) even <2596> <3779> as <5158> it was told <2980>(5769) me <3427>.
26. Howbeit <1161> we <2248> must <1163>(5748) be cast <1601>(5629) upon <1519> a certain <5100> island <3520>.
27. But <1161> when <5613> the fourteenth <5065> night <3571> was come <1096>(5633), as we <2257> were driven up and down <1308>(5746) in <1722> Adria <99>, about <2596> midnight <3319> <3571> the shipmen <3492> deemed <5282>(5707) that they <848> drew near <4317>(5721) to some <5100> country <5561>;
28. And <2532> sounded <1001>(5660), and found <2147>(5627) it twenty <1501> fathoms <3712>: and <1161> when they had gone <1339>(5660) a little further <1024>, they sounded <1001>(5660) again <3825>, and <2532> found <2147>(5627) it fifteen <1178> fathoms <3712>.
29. Then <5037> fearing <5399>(5740) lest <3381> <4458> we should have fallen <1601>(5632)(5625) <1601>(5632) upon <1519> rocks <5117> <5138>, they cast <4496>(5660) four <5064> anchors <45> out of <1537> the stern <4403>, and wished <2172>(5711) <1096>(5635) for the day <2250>.
30. And <1161> as the shipmen <3492> were about <2212>(5723) to flee <5343>(5629) out of <1537> the ship <4143>, when <2532> they had let down <5465>(5660) the boat <4627> into <1519> the sea <2281>, under colour <4392> as though <5613> they would <3195>(5723) have cast <1614>(5721) anchors <45> out of <1537> the foreship <4408>,
31. Paul <3972> said <2036>(5627) to the centurion <1543> and <2532> to the soldiers <4757>, Except <3362> these <3778> abide <3306>(5661) in <1722> the ship <4143>, ye <5210> cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) be saved <4982>(5683).
32. Then <5119> the soldiers <4757> cut off <609>(5656) the ropes <4979> of the boat <4627>, and <2532> let <1439>(5656) her <846> fall off <1601>(5629).
33. And <1161> while <891> <3739> the day <2250> was coming <1096>(5738) on <3195>(5707), Paul <3972> besought <3870>(5707) them all <537> to take <3335>(5629) meat <5160>, saying <3004>(5723), This day <4594> is the fourteenth <5065> day <2250> that ye have tarried <4328>(5723) and continued <1300>(5719) fasting <777>, having taken <4355>(5642) nothing <3367>.
34. Wherefore <1352> I pray <3870>(5719) you <5209> to take <4355>(5629) some meat <5160>: for <1063> this <5124> is <5225>(5719) for <4314> your <5212> health <4991>: for <1063> there shall <4098> <0> not <3762> <0> an hair <2359> fall <4098>(5695) from <1537> the head <2776> of any <3762> of you <5216>.
35. And <1161> when he had thus <5023> spoken <2036>(5631), <2532> he took <2983>(5631) bread <740>, and gave thanks <2168>(5656) to God <2316> in presence <1799> of them all <3956>: and <2532> when he had broken <2806>(5660) it, he began <756>(5662) to eat <2068>(5721).
36. Then <1161> were they <1096>(5637) all <3956> of good cheer <2115>, and they <4355> <0> also <2532> took <4355>(5639) some meat <5160>.
37. And <1161> we were <2258>(5713) in all <3956> in <1722> the ship <4143> two hundred <1250> threescore <1440> and sixteen <1803> souls <5590>.
38. And <1161> when they had eaten <5160> enough <2880>(5685), they lightened <2893>(5707) the ship <4143>, and cast out <1544>(5734) the wheat <4621> into <1519> the sea <2281>.
39. And <1161> when <3753> it was <1096>(5633) day <2250>, they knew <1921>(5707) not <3756> the land <1093>: but <1161> they discovered <2657>(5707) a certain <5100> creek <2859> with <2192>(5723) a shore <123>, into <1519> the which <3739> they were minded <1011>(5662), if <1487> it were possible <1410>(5739), to thrust in <1856>(5658) the ship <4143>.
40. And <2532> when they had taken up <4014>(5631) the anchors <45>, they committed <1439>(5707) themselves unto <1519> the sea <2281>, and <260> loosed <447>(5631) the rudder <4079> bands <2202>, and <2532> hoised up <1869>(5660) the mainsail <736> to the wind <4154>(5723), and made <2722>(5707) toward <1519> shore <123>.
41. And <1161> falling <4045>(5631) into <1519> a place <5117> where two seas met <1337>, they ran <2027> <0> the ship <3491> aground <2027>(5656); and <2532> the forepart <4408> <3303> stuck fast <2043>(5660), and remained <3306>(5656) unmoveable <761>, but <1161> the hinder part <4403> was broken <3089>(5712) with <5259> the violence <970> of the waves <2949>.
42. And <1161> the soldiers <4757>' counsel <1012> was <1096>(5633) to <2443> kill <615>(5725) the prisoners <1202>, lest <3361> any of them <5100> should swim out <1579>(5660), and escape <1309>(5630).
43. But <1161> the centurion <1543>, willing <1014>(5740) to save <1295>(5658) Paul <3972>, kept <2967>(5656) them <846> from their purpose <1013>; and <5037> commanded <2753>(5656) that they which could <1410>(5740) swim <2860>(5721) should cast <641>(5660) themselves first <4413> into the sea, and get <1826>(5750) to <1909> land <1093>:
44. And <2532> the rest <3062>, some <3739> <3303> on <1909> boards <4548>, and <1161> some on <1909> broken pieces of <575> the ship <4143> <5100>. And <2532> so <3779> it came to pass <1096>(5633), that they escaped <1295> <0> all <3956> safe <1295>(5683) to <1909> land <1093>.