Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
And when they had ‖taken vp the ankers, they committed themselues vnto the sea, & loosed the rudder bands, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and made toward shore.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, cut the ankers, they left them in the sea, &c.
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- Acts 27:29–30Rank 1 from verse 40
29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
29Then fearing lest we should haue fallen vpon rockes, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished for the day.
30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship,
- Isaiah 33:23Rank 2 from verse 40
23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
23‖Thy tacklings are loosed: they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the saile: then is the praye of a great spoile diuided, the lame take the praye.
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Acts 27:40
1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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Heavy devices cast into the water to hold a vessel in place.
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1. Performed or did an act, offence, trespass, or sin. 2. Entrusted, delivered, or placed a person or thing in another’s charge, custody, care, or keeping, or gave it over to a place or course.
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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of loose, meaning to unbind, untie, detach, release, set free, relax, open, or end a restraint.
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The steering piece or pieces by which a ship's course is directed.
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1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.
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Raised or lifted up, especially a ship’s sail to catch the wind.
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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.
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The coast or land adjoining the sea, a large lake, or another large body of water; the edge toward which a vessel may draw.
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27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as wee were driuen vp and downe in Adria about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they drew neere to some countrey:
27:28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
27:28And sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms.
27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
27:29Then fearing lest we should haue fallen vpon rockes, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished for the day.
27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let downe the boat into the sea, vnder colour as though they would haue cast ancres out of the fore-ship,
27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
27:31Paul said to the Centurion, and to the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saued.
27:32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
27:32Then the souldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
27:33And while the day was comming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye haue taried, and continued fasting, hauing taken nothing.
27:34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
27:34Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health: for there shall not an haire fall from the head of any of you.
27:35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
27:35And when hee had thus spoken, hee tooke bread, and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all, and when he had broken it, he began to eate.
27:36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
27:36Then were they all of good cheere, and they also tooke some meat.
27:37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
27:37And we were in all, in the ship, two hundred, threescore and sixteene soules.
27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discouered a certaine creek, with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
27:40And when they had ‖taken vp the ankers, they committed themselues vnto the sea, & loosed the rudder bands, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and made toward shore.
Selected passage27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ranne the shippe a ground, and the forepart stucke fast, and remained vnmoueable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waues.
27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:42And the souldiers counsel was to kil the prisoners, lest any of them should swimme out, and escape.
27:43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
27:43But the Centurion, willing to saue Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that they which could swimme, should cast themselues first into the sea, and get to land:
27:44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
27:44And the rest, some on boords, and some on broken pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they escaped all safe to land.