Acts 27:43
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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:”
πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
γῆ
land
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γῆ
Earth, land, soil, ground. Ge. The earth is the LORD's and everything in it. Creation belongs to its Creator. We are stewards not owners of what God has made.
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δύναμαι
being able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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Παῦλος
Paul
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Παῦλος
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
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βούλομαι
desiring
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βούλομαι
To be willing. God is not willing that any should perish. His will is always toward life and salvation.
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διασώζω
to save
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διασώζω
to save thoroughly, i.e. (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc.
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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ἔξειμι
to go out,
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ἔξειμι
to issue, i.e. leave (a place), escape (to the shore)
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κωλύω
hindered
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κωλύω
to estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)
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κελεύω
he commanded
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κελεύω
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
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ἑκατοντάρχης
the centurion
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ἑκατοντάρχης
the captain of one hundred men
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κολυμβάω
to swim
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κολυμβάω
to plunge into water
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βούλημα
purpose,
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βούλημα
a resolve
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