ACTS 27:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.”
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. - 'Daylight came' (hote de hēmera egeneto, hote de hēmera egeneto-'when day came'), revealing unknown land. 'They did not recognize the land' (gē ouk epiginōskō, gē ouk epiginōskō-'did not know the land') suggests they have drifted beyond familiar territory. 'A bay with a sandy beach' (kolpos, kolpos; and 'sandy,' ammōdes, ammōdes) represents a possible landing site. 'Run the ship aground if they could' (ekpesein ei dynōmai, ekpesein ei dynōmai-'run aground if they could') shows the deliberate choice to beach the ship rather than let it break on rocks. The prophecy fulfills: grounding on 'some island' means deliverance.
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