Discovery BoxActs 5:38 
Context5:38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, 1 it will come to nothing, 2
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 Here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).
2 tn Or “it will be put to an end.”
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.”
