Acts 27:40

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having cut away the anchors, they were leaving [them] in the sea, at the same time having loosened the ropes of the rudders. And having hoisted the foresail to the blowing [wind], they were heading for the shore.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 27

³⁸ After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

³⁹ When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

⁴⁰ Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

⁴¹ But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

⁴² The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

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