Acts 27:30

The Passion Translation

Some sailors pretended to go down to drop anchors from the bow when in fact they wanted to lower the lifeboat into the sea and escape, abandoning ship.

Cross References

Acts 27:16

As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were barely able to get the ship’s lifeboat under control,

Acts 27:27

On the fourteenth night of being tossed about the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors sensed we were approaching land.

Acts 27:29

Fearing we would be dashed against a rocky coast, they dropped four anchors from the stern and waited for morning to come.

Acts 27:31

Paul said to the Roman officer and his soldiers, “Unless you all stay together onboard the ship, you have no chance of surviving.”

Acts 27:32

At the moment they heard this, the soldiers cut the ropes of the dinghy and let it fall away.