"And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmove…" — Acts 27:41

Acts 27:41 · KJV

“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.”

— Acts 27:41

Verse 40

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed {themselves} unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. {taken...: or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea}

Verse 42

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

Acts 27 — Context

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.

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.

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

But 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:

Cross References

Ezekiel 27:26

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. {midst: Heb. heart}

2 Corinthians 11:25-26

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Acts 27:26-29

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Ezekiel 27:34

In the time {when} thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Acts 27:17

Which 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.

1 Kings 22:48

{There was} then no king in Edom: a deputy {was} king.

2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.