Acts 27:30
“And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship,”
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Acts 27:30 Context
28And sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms. 29Then fearing lest we should haue fallen vpon rockes, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished for the day. 30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship, 31Paul said to the Centurion, and to the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saued. 32Then the souldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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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,
- King James Version
But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the {ship's} boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,
- New American Standard Version (1995)