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Acts 27:15-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Acts 27:15-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
15 And the ship having been seized and not being able to face-into the wind, we were being carried-along, having given ourselves up to it. 16 And having run-under-the-shelter-of a certain small-island being called Cauda[a], we were able with-difficulty to come-to-be in-control of the [ship’s] boat[b]— 17 having lifted which, they were using supports[c], undergirding the ship. And fearing that they might run-aground at Syrtis[d], having lowered[e] the gear, in this manner they were being carried-along.
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- Acts 27:16 This island is about 30 miles or 50 kilometers south of Crete.
- Acts 27:16 Or, skiff. That is, the small boat towed behind the ship used to go to and from shore.
- Acts 27:17 Ships carried ropes or cables for such an emergency. They were run under the hull and secured on deck to help hold the ship together. The straining caused by the heavy mast as the ship was tossed in the sea would spread the planks of the hull, causing the ship to founder and sink.
- Acts 27:17 That is, the Gulf of Sidra, off the coast of modern Libya, a place of shallow and shifting sands. The sailors feared the winds would blow them to certain destruction off the coast of Africa.
- Acts 27:17 That is, the gear that would turn the ship as much northward as the winds would allow, and away from Africa. Perhaps it was a floating sea anchor.
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Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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