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Acts 27:40 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 40 · 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.Acts 27:40 · King James Version
Acts 27:40 in context
38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40And 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.
41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Key words (Strong's)
- committedeaōto allow, permit, let, to allow one to do as he wishes, not to restrain, to let alone, to…G1439 →
- mainsailartemōna top-sail or foresail of a shipG736 →
- anchorsagkyraan anchor, metaph. any stay or safeguardG45 →
- loosedaniēmito send back, relax, loosen, to give up, omit, calm, to leave, not to uphold, to let sinkG447 →
- rudderpēdaliona ship's rudderG4079 →
- towardeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
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