Acts 27:11

27:11 But the centurion ¹  was more convinced ²  by the captain ³  and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. ⁴ 

Acts 27:21

27:21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, ⁵  Paul ⁶  stood up ⁷  among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me ⁸  and not put out to sea ⁹  from Crete, thus avoiding ¹⁰  this damage and loss.

Acts 27:42-43

27:42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ¹¹  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ¹²  27:43 But the centurion, ¹³  wanting to save Paul’s life, ¹⁴  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ¹⁵ 

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

[27:11]  ² tn Or “persuaded.”

[27:11]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Grk “than by what was said by Paul.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one to simplify the translation.

[27:21]  ⁵ tn Or “Since they had no desire to eat for a long time.” The genitive absolute construction with the participle ὑπαρχούσης (Juparcoush") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle. It could also be translated temporally (“When many of them had no desire to eat”). The translation of πολλῆς (pollhs) as a substantized adjective referring to the people on board the ship (“many of them”) rather than a period of time (“for a long time”; so most modern versions) follows BDAG 143 s.v. ἀσιτία, which has “πολλῆς ἀ. ὑπαρχούσης since almost nobody wanted to eat because of anxiety or seasickness…Ac 27:21.” This detail indicates how turbulent things were on board the ship.

[27:21]  ⁶ tn Here τότε (tote) is redundant (pleonastic) according to BDAG 1012-13 s.v. τότε 2; thus it has not been translated.

[27:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “standing up…said.” The participle σταθείς (staqeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:21]  ⁸ tn L&N 36.12 has “πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι μὴ ἀνάγεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς Κρήτης ‘you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete’ Ac 27:21.”

[27:21]  ⁹ 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.”

[27:21]  ¹⁰ tn The infinitive κερδῆσαι (kerdhsai) has been translated as resultative.

[27:42]  ¹¹ sn The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners. The issue here was not cruelty, but that the soldiers would be legally responsible if any prisoners escaped and would suffer punishment themselves. So they were planning to do this as an act of self-preservation. See Acts 16:27 for a similar incident.

[27:42]  ¹² tn The participle ἐκκολυμβήσας (ekkolumbhsa") has been taken instrumentally.

[27:43]  ¹³ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

[27:43]  ¹⁴ tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

[27:43]  ¹⁵ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”