Acts 27:32

Then cut the soldiers the cable of the boat from the ship, and let her drive.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

31And when Paulos saw, he said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these in the ship remain not, you cannot be saved.

33But Paulos himself, until it was morning, persuaded all of them to take food, saying to them, To-day it is fourteen days (in which) from danger you have tasted nothing.

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Cross References

Luke 16:8And praised our Lord the house-chief who was unjust, in that he had done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser than the sons of light in this their generation.

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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