Acts 27:40
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 27:40 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Then they cast off, and abandoned the anchors, and at the same time unlashed the gear of the steering oars, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und als sie die Anker gekappt hatten, ließen sie sie im Meere und machten zugleich die Bande der Steuerruder los und hißten das Vordersegel vor den Wind und hielten auf den Strand zu.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Cortando pues las anclas, las dejaron en la mar, largando también las ataduras de los gobernalles; y alzada la vela mayor al viento, íbanse á la orilla.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E tendo levantado as âncoras, deixaram -no ir ao mar, soltando também as amarras dos lemes, e levantando a vela maior ao vento, foram de levando -o à praia.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, cortaram as âncoras e as deixaram no mar. Na mesma hora, desataram as cordas dos lemes e levantaram a vela principal ao vento; e, então, se dirigiram para a praia.
📖 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.
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