Acts 27:44

and the rest, some on boards, and others on something from the ship. And in this way it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to land.

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In The King James Version

And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

In Context

43But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and ordered those who could swim to cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land,

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Cross References

Amos 9:9For, behold, I will command, And I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, As one sifteth corn with a sieve, And not a grain shall fall upon the ground.

Acts 27:22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these men do not stay in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

1 Peter 4:18and “if the righteous scarcely is saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

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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