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As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
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Deception Born of Fear
Commentators unanimously explain that the sailors, believing the ship was doomed, tried to save themselves by abandoning everyone else. They devised a clever lie—pretending they needed the lifeboat to lay more anchors from the front of the ship—to cover their escape. This act highlights how fear can lead to selfishness and a betrayal of duty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The shipmen. The sailors, leaving the prisoners.
Under colour. Under pretence. They pretended that it was necessary to get …
The sailors (των ναυτων). Old word from ναυς (ship), in N.T. only here, verse 30; Revelation 18:17.
Were…
19th Century
Anglican
And as the shipmen were about to flee...—The hour of danger called out the natural instinct of self-preservation, to the exclusion…
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Baptist
These cowardly sailors meant to get away, and leave the prisoners and passengers and soldiers to perish.
Contrary to the best tradition of the sea, the sailors schemed to save themselves by lowering the dinghy (cf. vv.16–17) under cover of lowering som…
16th Century
Protestant
And as the mariners sought. The grace of the Holy Spirit appears in Paul, even in this point also, in that he wisely admonished that the m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship To save their lives, concluding that it was in the utmost dang…
God, who appointed the end that they should be saved, also appointed the means by which they would be saved—through the help of these sailors. Duty…
