Had let down the boat; that they might betake themselves into it, after they had left the ship: for, Acts 27:17, they had taken up the boat, and secured that against this or the like occasion. As though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship; dissembling the true reason of their going into the boat to make their escape.
Related Commentaries of Acts 27:30
Acts 27:30
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,