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Acts 27:32

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.

31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
KJV
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
WEB
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
ASV
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
DARBY
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall.
BLB
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the lifeboat and allowed it to fall away.
ÅB
Da kappet krigsfolket taugene på båten og lot den falle.
OTB
Så soldatene kuttet tauene som holdt skipets båt og lot den drive av sted.
B1930
Da kappet krigsfolket taugene på båten og lot den falle.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Philippians 3:7–9

    But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

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  • 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.

    Read in context