Acts 27:32
30 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,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
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.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:7–9
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Read in contextLuke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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