Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: Unless these remain in the ship, you can not be saved.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 as the sailors were attempting to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea, under the pretext that they were about to let down anchors from the prow,

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

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Cross References

Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from this place;

Acts 27:11But the centurion had more confidence in the pilot, and in the owner of the ship, than in the things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:42The soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest some of them should swim out and 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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