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28 And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
29 Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and1 prayed for day to come.  
30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow,
31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.
33 And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing.
34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, asince not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”  
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Acts 27:30

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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