^27:30Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending¹⁰⁵ that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

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105 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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the ship’s boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the sailors tried to abandon the ship; they lowered the lifeboat as though they were going to put out anchors from the front of the ship.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending as if they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,

KJV 1900King James Version

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

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