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Acts 27:30 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 30 · King James Version
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,Acts 27:30 · King James Version
Acts 27:30 in context
28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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,
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Key words (Strong's)
- shipmennautēsa sailor, seaman, marinerG3492 →
- anchorsagkyraan anchor, metaph. any stay or safeguardG45 →
- colourprophasisa pretext , show, under colour as though they would do something, in pretence, ostensiblyG4392 →
- thoughhōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
- aboutzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- fleepheugōto flee away, seek safety by flight, metaph. to flee something abhorrent, esp. vices, to…G5343 →
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