Verse 43
Acts 27:43
Young's Literal Translation
43
but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ ⸀ἑκατοντάρχης βουλόμενος διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον ἐκώλυσεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέν τε τοὺς δυναμένους κολυμβᾶν ἀπορίψαντας πρώτους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι,
English Translation
But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prevented them from their purpose and ordered those who were able to swim to throw themselves overboard first and go to land.
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Chapter 27 Context
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And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others,...
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and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set...
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on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit [him],...
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And thence, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
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and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,
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and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,
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and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suf...
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and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [...
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And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being alr...
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saying to them, 'Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the...
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but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by...
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and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by...
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and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anc...
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and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,
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and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we...
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and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of...
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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall...
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And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,
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and on the third [day] with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thencefor...
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, 'It behoved [...
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and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the...
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for there stood by me this night a messenger of God (Elohim) -- whose I am, and whom I serve --
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saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God (Elohim) hath gran...
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wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God (Elohim), that so it shall be, even as it hath be...
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and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
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And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle o...
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and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sou...
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and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were w...
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And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretenc...
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, 'If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not ab...
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then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.
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And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Four...
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wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you sh...
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and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God (Elohim) before all, and...
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and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,
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(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),
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and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into...
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And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having...
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and the anchors having taken up, they were committing [it] to the sea, at the same time -- having lo...
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and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, ha...
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And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out shou...
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but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able...
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and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to...
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