Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship ye cannot be saved.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

30But the mariners endeavouring to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going to stretch out anchors from the head of the ship,

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 a battlement of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence;

Acts 27:11But the centurion regarded the pilot and the master of the vessel, more than the things that were said by Paul.

Acts 27:42And the counsel of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, least 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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