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Selected Verse: Acts 27:32 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ac 27:32 |
King James |
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat--already lowered.
and let her fall off--let the boat drift away. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Cut off the ropes ... - It is evident that the mariners had not yet got on board the boat. They had let it down into the sea Act 27:30, and were about to go on board. By thus cutting the ropes which fastened the boat to the ship, and letting it go, all possibility of their fleeing from the ship was taken away, and they were compelled to remain on board. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The soldiers cut off the ropes - These were probably the only persons who dared to have opposed the will of the sailors: this very circumstance is an additional proof of the accuracy of St. Luke. |
30 And 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,