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Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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A Necessary Sacrifice
Commentators explain that the soldiers' action of cutting the lifeboat's ropes was swift and decisive. Following Paul's warning, they eliminated the only means of escape for the treacherous sailors. This forced the crew to stay aboard, as their skills were essential for the survival of all 276 people on the ship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cut off the ropes, etc. It is evident that the mariners had not yet boarded the boat. They had let it down into the sea ([Reference Acts 2…
The ropes (τα σχοινια). Diminutive of σχοινος, old word, but in N.T. only here and Joh 2:15. Paul is now saviour of the ship and t…
19th Century
Anglican
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, and the …
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Baptist
So that the sailors could not get away.
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat With which it had been fastened to the sides of the ship, and by whi…
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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…
