Acts 27:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Acts 27:40 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 27:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Acts 27:40 — World English Bible
Acts 27:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Acts 27:40 — American Standard Version
Acts 27:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the anchors having taken up, they were committing <FI>it<Fi> to the sea, at the same time--having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind--they were making for the shore,”
Acts 27:40 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 27:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and, having cast off the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the strand. ”
Acts 27:40 — Darby Translation
Acts 27:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.”
Acts 27:40 — Geneva Bible
Acts 27:40 in Context — Acts 27
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39 And 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.
40 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.
41 And 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.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
What Does Acts 27:40 Mean?
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