Acts 27:43

Acts 27:43

41 But striking¹ a place where two seas met, ^athey ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.

42 And the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.

43 But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,

44 and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was ^athat they all escaped safely to land.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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To save Paul (diaswsai ton Paulon). Effective first aorist active infinitive of diaswzw. And no wonder for the centurion knew now how much they all owed to Paul.

Stayed them from their purpose (ekwleusen autouv tou boulhmatov.) Ablative case of boulhma after ekwleusen (from kwleuw, to hinder, common verb).

And get first to land (prwtouv eiv thn ghn ecienai). This classic verb eceimi occurs four times in Acts (Acts 13:42; Acts 17:15; Acts 20:7; Acts 27:32) and nowhere else in the N.T. It was a wise command.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 27:43:**

John 5:2
Acts 13:42
Acts 17:15
Acts 23:24
Acts 27:3
Romans 9:19

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