Kisah Para Rasul 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,

Kisah Para Rasul 27:43

27:43 But the centurion, ²  wanting to save Paul’s life, ³  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ⁴ 

[27:30]  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.

[27:43]  ² sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:43]  ³ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

[27:43]  sn Thanks to the centurion who wanted to save Paul’s life, Paul was once more rescued from a potential human threat.

[27:43]  ⁴ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”