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Acts 27:43

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēscenturionἑκατοντάρχηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “centurion”, the subject formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.the centurionβουλόμενοςboulomenoswillingβούλομαι (boulomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “willing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1014I will, intend, desire, wish.willingδιασῶσαιdiasōsaito saveδιασῴζω (diasōzō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to save”, a single actionG1295I save (rescue) through (some danger), bring safely to, escaped to.This verse uses “save”.to saveτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulἐκώλυσενekōlusenkeptκωλύω (kōluō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “kept”, a single actionG2967I prevent, debar, hinder; with infin: from doing so and so.keptαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βουλήματοςboulēmatosfrom their purposeβούλημα (boulēma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “from their purpose”, the of-formG1013will, counsel, purpose.This verse uses “purpose”.from their purposeἐκέλευσένekeleusencommandedκελεύω (keleuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “commanded”, a single actionG2753I command, order, direct, bid.commandedτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δυναμένουςdunamenousthat they which couldδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “that they which could”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.that they which couldκολυμβᾶνkolumbanto swimκολυμβάω (kolumbaō)verb, present active infinitive — “to swim”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2860(properly: I dive, hence) I swim.swimἀπορίψανταςaporipsantasshould castἀπορίπτω (aporiptō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “should cast”, a single actionG641I throw away from, throw overboard.should castπρώτουςprōtousthemselves firstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.themselves firstἐπὶepitoἐπίpreposition — “to”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.toτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnlandγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “land”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.landἐξιέναιexienaito go outἔξειμι (exeimi)verb, present active infinitive — “to go out”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1826(originally: I shall go out), I go out (away), depart.This verse uses “go out”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first — to get unto the land,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

Young’s Literal Translation

but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first — to get unto the land,

World English Bible

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

Darby Translation

But the centurion, desirous of saving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first [into the sea], to get out on land;

Douay-Rheims

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be done; and he commanded that they who could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and save themselves, and get to land.

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