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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Acts 27:43
Description: Thursday, 30 May 2024
But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, Acts 27:43
More literally, “And the centurion, desiring to save Paul, prevented their intent. And he commanded those being able to swim, having jumped away first, to depart to the land” (CG).
In the previous verse, Luke noted that it was the soldiers’ intent to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away. However, he now notes, “And the centurion.”
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