Acts 27:30

As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

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WEBBE

As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

BSB

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

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,

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,

BBE

Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

Original Greek

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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

The early church

The sailors however, were about to escape, having no faith in what was said: but the centurion does believe Paul. For he says, If these flee, "ye cannot be saved": so saying, not on this account, but that he might restrain them, and the prophecy might not fall to the ground. See how as in a church they are instructed by the calmness of Paul's behavior, how he saved them out of the very midst of the dangers. And it is of providential ordering that Paul is disbelieved, that after proof of the facts, he might be believed: which accordingly was the case.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 30–38

God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but tempt him, when we say we put ourselves under his protection, if we do not use proper means, such as are within our power, for our safety. But how selfish are men in general, often even ready to seek their own safety by the destruction of others! Happy those who have such a one as Paul in their company, who not only had intercourse with Heaven, but was of an enlivening spirit to those about him. The sorrow of the world works death, while joy in God is life and peace in the greatest distresses and dangers. The comfort of God's promises can only be ours by believing dependence on him, to fulfil his word to us; and the salvation he reveals must be waited for in use of the means he appoints. If God has chosen us to salvation, he has also appointed that we shall obtain it by repentance, faith, prayer, and persevering obedience; it is fatal presumption to expect it in any other way. It is an encouragement to people to commit themselves to Christ as their Saviour, when those who invite them, clearly show that they do so themselves.

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