Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And fearing lest they should fall upon some rocky ground, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

But falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship a ground; and the fore-part sticking fast, remained immovable, but the hinder-part was broken by the force of the waves.