Atti 27:39

39 E, quando fu giorno, non riconoscevano il paese; ma scorsero un certo seno che avea lito, nel qual presero consiglio di spinger la nave, se potevano.

Atti 27:39 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:39

And when it was day they knew not the land
What place it was, or the name of it:

but they discovered a certain creek with a shore;
a gulf or bay, with a shore near it; the Ethiopic version explains it,

an arm of the sea,
where was a port, where they thought they could secure themselves, or get ashore:

into which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the
ship;
whither they had a mind, and consulted to run the ship, if it could be done by any means, believing it was the most likely method of saving themselves, and that; for notwithstanding the assurance they had that no man's life should be lost, they made use of all proper means for their safety and security.

Atti 27:39 In-Context

37 Or noi eravamo in su la nave fra tutti dugensettantasei persone.
38 E quando furono saziati di cibo, alleviarono la nave, gittando il frumento in mare.
39 E, quando fu giorno, non riconoscevano il paese; ma scorsero un certo seno che avea lito, nel qual presero consiglio di spinger la nave, se potevano.
40 Ed avendo ritratte le ancore, ed insieme sciolti i legami de’ timoni, si rimisero alla mercè del mare; ed alzata la vela maestra al vento, traevano al lito.
41 Ma, incorsi in una piaggia, che avea il mare da amendue i lati, vi percossero la nave; e la proda, ficcatasi in quella, dimorava immobile; ma la poppa si sdruciva per lo sforzo delle onde.
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