Acts 27:30

New International Version

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.

Cross References

Acts 27:16

As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,

Acts 27:27

On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

Acts 27:29

Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

Acts 27:31

Then 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 that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.