Acts 27:32

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

In Context

31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “If these men do not remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

33And until the time was about to be day, Paul was urging them all to receive their share of food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you continue waiting without eating, having taken nothing.

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Cross References

Luke 16:8So the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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