Acts 27:43-44

27:43 But the centurion, ¹  wanting to save Paul’s life, ²  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ³  27:44 and the rest were to follow, ⁴  some on planks ⁵  and some on pieces of the ship. ⁶  And in this way ⁷  all were brought safely to land.

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

[27:43]  ² tn Or “wanting to rescue Paul.”

[27:43]  ³ tn BDAG 347 s.v. I. ἔξειμι has “ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν get to land Ac 27:43.”

[27:44]  ⁴ tn The words “were to follow” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. They must be supplied to clarify the sense in contemporary English.

[27:44]  ⁵ tn Or “boards” according to BDAG 913 s.v. σανίς.

[27:44]  ⁶ tn Grk “on pieces from the ship”; that is, pieces of wreckage from the ship.

[27:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “And in this way it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.