Add parallel Print Page Options

43 But the centurion,[a] wanting to save Paul’s life,[b] prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,[c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:43 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.
  2. Acts 27:43 tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”sn Thanks to the centurion who wanted to save Paul’s life, Paul was once more rescued from a potential human threat.
  3. Acts 27:43 tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”

43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life(A) and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

Read full chapter