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Acts 27:32

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27:32Then the soldiers cut the ropes108 of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.109

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  1. 108 The soldiers cut the ropes. The centurion and the soldiers were now following Paul’s advice by cutting the ropes to prevent the sailors from escaping.
  2. 109 Or “let it fall away.” According to ἐκπίπτω 1 and 2 the meaning of the verb in this verse could be either “fall away” or “drift away.” Either meaning is acceptable, and the choice between them depends almost entirely on how one reconstructs the scene. Since cutting the boat loose would in any case result in it drifting away (whether capsized or not), the meaning “drift away” as a nautical technical term has been used here.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it go.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.

KJV 1900King James Version

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