The Shipwreck
Acts 27:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- KJV
- 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,
- WEB
- As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
- ASV
- And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
- LSV
- And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretense as [if] out of the prow they are about to cast anchors,
- YLT
- And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as [if] out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,
- DBY
- But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,
- DRC
- But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,
- GNV
- Nowe as the mariners were about to flee out of the ship, and had let downe the boat into the sea vnder a colour as though they would haue cast ankers out of the foreship,
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of πρῴρης: Tyndale House, Textus Receptus: πρώρας.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀγκύρας elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἀγκύρας μελλόντων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀγκύρας μελλόντων; Robinson–Pierpont read μελλόντων ἀγκύρας.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρῴρης ἀγκύρας μελλόντων ἐκτείνειν,
- RP2018
- Τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρῴρας μελλόντων ἀγκύρας ἐκτείνειν,
- TR-Boyd
- Τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρῴρας μελλόντων ἀγκύρας ἐκτείνειν,
- SCR1894
- των δε ναυτων ζητουντων φυγειν εκ του πλοιου και χαλασαντων την σκαφην εις την θαλασσαν προφασει ως εκ πρωρας μελλοντων αγκυρας εκτεινειν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 27:16Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
- Acts 27:32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
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