Acts 27:13

27:13 When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought ¹  they could carry out ²  their purpose, so they weighed anchor ³  and sailed close along the coast ⁴  of Crete.

Acts 27:31

27:31 Paul said to the centurion ⁵  and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you ⁶  cannot be saved.”

Acts 27:43

27:43 But the centurion, ⁷  wanting to save Paul’s life, ⁸  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ⁹ 

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¹ tn Grk “thinking.” The participle δόξαντες (doxante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² tn Or “accomplish.” L&N 68.29, for κρατέω, has “to be able to complete or finish, presumably despite difficulties – ‘to accomplish, to do successfully, to carry out.’ …‘thinking that they could carry out their purpose’ Ac 27:13.”

³ tn Or “departed.”

⁴ tn L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object – ‘to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore.’…‘they sailed along the coast of Crete’ Ac 27:13.” With the addition of the adverb ἆσσον (asson) this becomes “sailed close along the coast of Crete.”

⁵ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

⁶ sn The pronoun you is plural in Greek.

⁷ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

⁸ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

sn Thanks to the centurion who wanted to save Paul’s life, Paul was once more rescued from a potential human threat.

⁹ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”