Acts 27:10-12

27:10 “Men, I can see the voyage is going to end ¹  in disaster ²  and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” ³  27:11 But the centurion ⁴  was more convinced ⁵  by the captain ⁶  and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. ⁷  27:12 Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided ⁸  to put out to sea ⁹  from there. They hoped that ¹⁰  somehow they could reach ¹¹  Phoenix, ¹²  a harbor of Crete facing ¹³  southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

[27:10]  ¹ tn Grk “is going to be with disaster.”

[27:10]  ² tn Or “hardship,” “damage.” BDAG 1022 s.v. ὕβρις 3 states, “fig. hardship, disaster, damage caused by the elements…w. ζημία Ac 27:10.”

[27:10]  ³ tn Grk “souls” (here, one’s physical life).

[27:11]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:11]  ⁵ tn Or “persuaded.”

[27:11]  ⁶ tn BDAG 456 s.v. κυβερνήτης 1 has “one who is responsible for the management of a ship, shipmaster…W. ναύκληρος, the ‘shipowner’…Ac 27:11” See further L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, 316-18.

[27:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “than by what was said by Paul.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

[27:12]  ⁷ tn BDAG 181-82 s.v. βουλή 2.a, “β. τίθεσθαι (Judg 19:30; Ps 12:3) decide 27:12 (w. inf. foll.).”

[27:12]  ⁸ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

[27:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “from there, if somehow” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun here in the translation and the introductory phrase “They hoped that” supplied (with the subject, “they,” repeated from the previous clause) to make a complete English sentence.

[27:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “if somehow, reaching Phoenix, they could…” The participle καταντήσαντες (katanthsante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:12]  ¹¹ sn Phoenix was a seaport on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 30 mi (48 km) further west.

[27:12]  ¹² tn Or “a harbor of Crete open to the southwest and northwest.”