Acts 27:30 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:30

Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,

KJV

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The shipmen - The sailors - let down the boat. Having lowered the boat from the deck into the sea, they pretended that it was necessary to carry some anchors ahead, to keep her from being carried in a dangerous direction by the tide, but with the real design to make for shore, and so leave the prisoners and the passengers to their fate. This was timely noticed by the pious and prudent apostle; who, while simply depending on the promise of God, was watching for the safety and comfort of all.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"This could have been of no advantage in the circumstances, and as the pretext could not deceive a seaman, we must infer that the officers of the ship were parties to the unworthy attempt, which was perhaps detected by the nautical skill of St. Luke, and communicated by him to St. Paul" [SMITH].

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τῶν	tōn	Of the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ναυτῶν	nautōn	sailors	G3492 →
ζητούντων	zētountōn	seeking	G2212 →
φυγεῖν	phugein	to flee	G5343 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πλοίου	ploiou	ship	G4143 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
χαλασάντων	chalasantōn	having let down	G5465 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
σκάφην	skaphēn	lifeboat	G4627 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
θάλασσαν	thalassan	sea	G2281 →
προφάσει	prophasei	under pretense	G4392 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
πρῴρης	prōrēs	[the] bow	G4408 →
ἀγκύρας	agkuras	anchors	G45 →
μελλόντων	mellontōn	being about	G3195 →
ἐκτείνειν	ekteinein	to cast out	G1614 →

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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 27:32
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
leads to
- Philippians 3:7–9
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Luke 16:8
  The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.