Acts 27:30

New American Bible - revised edition

The sailors then tried to abandon ship; they lowered the dinghy to the sea on the pretext of going to lay out anchors from the bow.

Cross References

Acts 27:16

We passed along the sheltered side of an island named Cauda and managed only with difficulty to get the dinghy under control.

Acts 27:27

On the fourteenth night, as we were still being driven about on the Adriatic Sea, toward midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were nearing land.

Acts 27:29

Fearing that we would run aground on a rocky coast, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

Acts 27:31

But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

Acts 27:32

So the soldiers cut the ropes of the dinghy and set it adrift.