Acts 27:17 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:17

After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Acts (735)

They were being carried under control with a newly lowered sail. Another translation places it thus: "Fearing that they might fall into the Syrtic, they loosened the ropes and thus were being carried."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Which when they had taken up - When they had raised up the boat into the ship, so as to secure it. They used helps - They used ropes, cables, stays, or chains, for the purpose of securing the ship. The danger was that the ship would be destroyed, and they therefore made use of such aids as would prevent its loss. Undergirding the ship - The ancients were accustomed to pass cables or strong ropes around a vessel to keep the planks from springing or starting by the action of the sea. This is now called “frapping” a vessel.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
ἄραντες	arantes	having taken up	G142 →
βοηθείαις	boētheiais	supports	G996 →
ἐχρῶντο	echrōnto	they were using	G5530 →
ὑποζωννύντες	hupozōnnuntes	undergirding	G5269 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πλοῖον·	ploion	ship;	G4143 →
φοβούμενοί	phoboumenoi	Fearing	G5399 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
μὴ	mē	lest	G3361 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
Σύρτιν	Surtin	sandbars of Syrtis	G4950 →
ἐκπέσωσιν	ekpesōsin	they may fall	G1601 →
χαλάσαντες	chalasantes	having lowered	G5465 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
σκεῦος,	skeuos	gear,	G4632 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἐφέροντο.	epheronto	they were driven along.	G5342 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 27:26
However, we must run aground on some island.”
leads to
- Acts 28:1
  Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Through
Acts 27:41
But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:26
  Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25–26
  Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
- Ezekiel 27:34
  Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
- 1 Kings 22:48
  Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37
  Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail…
Through
Acts 27:29
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:19
  We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Acts 27:40–41
  Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.