Acts 27:32

Acts 27:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
• New International Version (NIV)So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.

Context of Acts 27:32

30The sailors tried to escape from the ship. They let the lifeboat down into the sea and pretended they were going to lay out the anchors from the front of the ship. 31Paul told the officer and the soldiers, “If these sailors don’t stay on the ship, you have no hope of staying alive.” Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away. 33Just before daybreak Paul was encouraging everyone to have something to eat. “This is the fourteenth day you have waited and have had nothing to eat. 34So I’m encouraging you to eat something. Eating will help you survive, since not a hair from anyone’s head will be lost.”

Acts 27:32 word by word

τότε ἀπέκοψαν οἱ στρατιῶται τὰ σχοινία τῆς σκάφης καὶ εἴασαν αὐτὴν ἐκπεσεῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• the soldiersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the soldiersστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs · soldierG4757
• cut offἀποκόπτωapokoptō · to cut offG609
• the ropesσχοινίονschoinion · ropeG4979
• of the boatσκάφηskaphē · lifeboatG4627
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• letἐάωeaō · to allowG1439
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fall offἐκπίπτωekpiptō · to fall outG1601

Cross-references for Acts 27:32

• Luke 16:8“The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. Worldly people are more clever than spiritually-minded people when it comes to dealing with others.”
• Philippians 3:7These things that I once considered valuable, I now consider worthless for Christ.

Commentaries on Acts 27:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The soldiers cut off the ropes - These were probably the only persons who dared to have opposed the will of the sailors: this very circumstance is an additional proof of the accuracy of St. Luke.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Cut off the ropes … - It is evident that the mariners had not yet got on board the boat. They had let it down into the sea Acts 27:30, and were about to go on board. By thus cutting the ropes which fastened the boat to the ship, and letting it go, all possibility of their fleeing from the ship was taken away, and they were compelled to remain on board.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but tempt him, when we say we put ourselves under his protection, if we do not use proper means, such as are within our power, for our safety. But how selfish are men in general, often even ready to seek their own safety by the destruction of others! Happy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-32This time the soldiers listened to Paul (compare 27:10–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat--already lowered. and let her fall off--let the boat drift away.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 27:32

• Mariners (Sailors)
• Paul
• Prophecy
• Ship
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• Cheer
• Close
• Creek
• Crete
• Euroclydon
• Exhort
• Fast
• Gain
• Hinder
• James

Commentaries on Acts 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings