Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, all of you cannot be saved.

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

In Context

30And as the sailors were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the bow,

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 shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

Ezekiel 36:36Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down from behind:

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

Acts 27:42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them 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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