Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

30But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

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

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Cross References

Psalms 91:11For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 36:36And the nations, that shall be left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built up what was destroyed, and planted what was desolate, that I the Lord have spoken and done it.

Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence.

Acts 27:11But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul.

Acts 27:42And the soldiers' counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should 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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