Acts 27:32

32 The soldiers then cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.

Acts 27:32 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:32

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat
With which it had been fastened to the sides of the ship, and by which the mariners were letting it down, in order to get into it, and go off:

and let her fall off;
from the sides of the ship into the sea, and so prevented the shipmen quitting the ship; for now they gave more credit to Paul than to them.

Acts 27:32 In-Context

30 The sailors tried to abandon the ship by lowering the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower anchors from the bow.

31 Paul said to the centurion and his soldiers, "Unless they stay in the ship, you can't be saved from peril."

32 The soldiers then cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.

33 Just before daybreak, Paul urged everyone to eat. He said, "This is the fourteenth day you've lived in suspense, and you've not had even a bite to eat.

34 I urge you to take some food. Your health depends on it. None of you will lose a single hair from his head."