Acts 27:32
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off.

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Philippians 3:7-9 But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ. . . .

Context
The Shipwreck
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved. 32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off. 33And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.…
Cross References
John 2:15
And when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen: and the money of the changers he poured out, and the tables he overthrew.

Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

Acts 27:33
And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.

Lexicon
[So]
τότε (tote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

soldiers
στρατιῶται (stratiōtai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4757: A soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A warrior.

cut
ἀπέκοψαν (apekopsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 609: From apo and kopto; to amputate; reflexively to mutilate.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ropes
σχοινία (schoinia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4979: A cord, rope. Diminutive of schoinos; a rushlet, i.e. Grass-withe or tie.

to the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

lifeboat
σκάφης (skaphēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4627: A boat; any hollow vessel. A 'skiff', or yawl.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

set
εἴασαν (eiasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1439: To allow, permit, let alone, leave. Of uncertain affinity; to let be, i.e. Permit or leave alone.

it
αὐτὴν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

adrift.
ἐκπεσεῖν (ekpesein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1601: From ek and pipto; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient.


Additional Translations
So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the lifeboat, and allowed her to fall away.

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let her fall off.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.
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