Acts Chapter 27 verse 32 Holy Bible
Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall.
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
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then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.
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Acts 27 : 32 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - Cut away for cut off, A.V. Fall off (ἐκπεσεῖν, vers. 17, note, 26, and 29). The action of the soldiers in cutting the rope and letting the boat loose was very prompt, but rather rash, as the boat might have been useful in landing those on board. But it showed their implicit confidence in Paul's word.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat.--The act had to be the work of an instant. The boat was already lowered, the sailors were on the point of leaping into it. We can picture their mortification on finding their selfish plat at once detected and frustrated. Even in this, however, there was a new element of danger. Men, under such circumstances, were likely to be sullen and unwilling workers.