Acts 27:44

And the rest, on boards, and on other timbers of the ship, passed; and thus all of them escaped to land.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

43and the centurion restrained them from this, because he was willing to save Paulos. And those who could cast forth to swim he commanded to be the first to swim, and to pass to the land.

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Cross References

Acts 27:22Yet now I counsel you to be without anxiety; for not one of you will perish, but the ship only.

Acts 27:31And when Paulos saw, he said to the centurion and to the soldiers, If these in the ship remain not, you cannot be saved.

1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, the wicked and the sinner where shall he be found?

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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