Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
Acts 27:30 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and were lowering the small boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, American Standard Version (1901) And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship, Common English Bible The sailors tried to abandon the ship by lowering the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower anchors from the bow. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship, |
Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
Sha'ul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, *Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved.*
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.