Acts 27:32

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

Acts 27:32 in Other Translations

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.

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

32 So the soldiers cut the lines to the lifeboat and let it drift off.

32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop 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 In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.

31 Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything.

34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”