Discovery BoxActs 15:33 
Context15:33 After 1 they had spent some time there, 2 they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.
Acts 27:43
Context27:43 But the centurion, 3 wanting to save Paul’s life, 4 prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, 5
1 tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
2 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
3 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.
4 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.
5 tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”
