Acts Chapter 27 verse 11 Holy Bible
But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
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But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
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But the centurion believed rather the helmsman and the shipowner than what was said by Paul.
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Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
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But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
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but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - But for nevertheless, A.V.; gave more heed to for believed, A.V.; to the owner for the owner, A.V.; than to for more than, A.V. The master (κυβερνήτης), in the sense of "a commander of a trading-ship" (Johnson's 'Dictionary'); i.e. the navigator and helmsman, in Latin magister naris. The owner (ναύκληρος). The owner, no doubt, of the cargo as well as of the ship itself: ὁ δεσπότης (Hesych.); οἱ ναῦς κεκτημένοι (Ammonius). The κυβερνήτης and the ναύκληρος are often mentioned together; e.g. in Plutarch, Artemidorus, quoted by Alford, Kuinoel, etc.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Nevertheless the centurion believed the master.--Better, the pilot. The word is the same as that translated "ship-master," in Revelation 18:17. The advice was, we may believe, determined by the fact that there was a better harbour but a few miles further on the coast. Could they not press on thither and be safe for the winter? It was natural that the centurion should trust to them as experts rather than to the enthusiastic Rabbi whom he had in charge as prisoner.
