ACTS 27:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And 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.”
But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf. - The prophesied grounding becomes reality. 'Struck a sandbar' (perippitō isthmon dithalassos, perippitō isthmon dithalassos-'run upon a two-sea place,' a sandbar with water on both sides). 'The bow stuck fast' (prōra ereido, prōra ereido-'the prow lodged/stuck') while 'the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf' (to prymē epitemnō hypo bias, to prymē epitemnō hypo bias-'the stern was torn apart by force'). The ship's destruction fulfills the prophecy; the divergence in fates (stern destroyed, bow stuck) creates separation of persons from wreckage, allowing survival. Luke's detail is precise and vivid.
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