Acts 27:30

27:30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending ¹  that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

Acts 27:40

27:40 So they slipped ²  the anchors ³  and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage ⁴  that bound the steering oars ⁵  together. Then they hoisted ⁶  the foresail ⁷  to the wind and steered toward ⁸  the beach.

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¹ tn BDAG 889 s.v. πρόφασις 2 states, “προφάσει ὡς under the pretext that, pretending that…Ac 27:30.” In other words, some of the sailors gave up hope that such efforts would work and instead attempted to escape while pretending to help.

² tn That is, released. Grk “slipping…leaving.” The participles περιελόντες (perielonte") and εἴων (eiwn) have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

³ tn The term is used of a ship’s anchor. (BDAG 12 s.v. ἄγκυρα a).

⁴ tn Grk “bands”; possibly “ropes.”

⁵ tn Or “rudders.”

⁶ tn Grk “hoisting…they.” The participle ἐπάραντες (eparante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁷ tn Grk “sail”; probably a reference to the foresail.

⁸ tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατέχω 7 states, “hold course, nautical t.t., intr….κατεῖχον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν they headed for the beach Ac 27:40.”