Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “If these do not remain in the ship—you are not able to 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 the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretense as [if] out of the prow they are about to cast anchors,

32then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and permitted it to fall off.

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Cross References

Psalms 91:11For He charges His messengers for you, || To keep you in all your ways,

Ezekiel 36:36And the nations who are left around you have known || That I, YHWH, have built the thrown down, || I have planted the desolated: I, YHWH, have spoken, and I have done [it].

Luke 4:9And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here,

Acts 27:11but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by Paul;

Acts 27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam 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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