Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The sailors (twn nautwn). Old word from nauv (ship), in N.T. only here, verse Acts 27:30; Revelation 18:17.
Were seeking (zhtountwn). Genitive absolute again with present active participle of zhtew to seek.
Had lowered (xalasantwn). Aorist active participle of xalazw.
Under colour (profasei). Possibly the same word as "prophecy" (from pro-fhmi, to speak forth), but here pretence, pretext, although it may come from profainw, to show forth. The use here is an old one and appears also in Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; I Thessalonians 2:5; Philippians 1:18.
As though (wv). The alleged reason, a common Greek idiom with wv and the participle (Robertson, Grammar, p. 966). Here with mellontwn.
From the foreship (ek prwrhv). Old word for prow of the ship. In the N.T. only here and verse Acts 27:41. Note here ekteinein (lay out, stretch out) rather than riyantev (casting) in verse Acts 27:29, for they pretended to need the small boat to stretch out or lay out the anchors in front.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 27:30:
Luke 5:4
Acts 9:25
Acts 24:18
Acts 27:16
Acts 27:29
Acts 27:30
Acts 27:40
Philippians 1:18
Revelation 18:17
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