Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

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In The King James Version

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

In Context

30And since the sailors sought to flee out of the ship, and having lowered the skiff into the sea in pretense as going to stretch out anchors from the bow,

32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff, and let it fall off.

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Cross References

Psalms 91:11for he will give his [heavenly] agents charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 36:36Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, LORD, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate. I, LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it.

Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down from here,

Acts 27:11But the centurion was convinced more by the captain and the shipmaster than to those things spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:42And a decision of the soldiers developed that they should kill the prisoners, lest any man, having swam away, might escape.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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