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Acts 27:30
New English Translation
Acts 27:30
New English Translation
30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending[a] that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,
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- Acts 27:30 tn BDAG 889 s.v. πρόφασις 2 states, “προφάσει ὡς under the pretext that, pretending that…Ac 27:30.” In other words, some of the sailors gave up hope that such efforts would work and instead attempted to escape while pretending to help.
Acts 27:30
New International Version
Acts 27:30
New International Version
30 In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat(A) down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.
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