Acts 27:40
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27:40So they slipped127 the anchors128 and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage129 that bound the steering oars130 together. Then they hoisted131 the foresail132 to the wind and steered toward133 the beach.
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- 127 That is, released. Grk “slipping … leaving.” The participles περιελόντες (perielontes) and εἴων (eiōn) have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.
- 128 The term is used of a ship’s anchor. ( ἄγκυρα a).
- 129 Grk “bands”; possibly “ropes.”
- 130 Or “rudders.”
- 131 Grk “hoisting … they.” The participle ἐπάραντες (eparantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
- 132 Grk “sail”; probably a reference to the foresail.
- 133 κατέχω 7 states, “hold course, nautical t.t., intr.… κατεῖχον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν they headed for the beach Ac 27:40.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
After cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And slipping the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the steering oars. And hoisting the foresail to the wind that was blowing, they held course for the beach.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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