Acts 27:31

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 seamen were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had let down the boat into the sea, under color as if they were about to extend anchors out of the foreship,

32Then the soldiers cut off 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 set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence.

Acts 27:11But the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than the things spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:42And it was the plan of the soldiers, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one 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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