Acts 27:43

But the centurion would keep Paul (alive), and forbade it to be done. And he commanded them that might swim, to go [first] into the sea, and escape, and go out to the land.

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In The King James Version

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

In Context

42And [the] counsel of the knights’ was, to slay (the) men that were in (the) ward [or in the keeping], lest any should escape, when he had swimmed out. (And the soldiers’ plan, or their thinking, was to kill the men who were in the hold, lest anyone would escape, after he had swam away.)

44And they bare some others on boards, (and) some on those things that were of the ship. And so it was done, that all [the] men escaped to the land.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:7When the ways of (a) man please the Lord, he shall convert, yea, his enemies to peace.

Acts 23:24And make ye ready an horse, for Paul to ride on, to lead him safe to Felix, the president. For the tribune dreaded, lest the Jews would take him by the way, and slay him, and afterward he might be challenged, as (if) he had taken money. (And prepare a horse, for Paul to ride on, and lead him safely to Governor Felix. Because the commander feared, that the Jews might take hold of him on the way, and kill him, and afterward he might be challenged, that he had received some money.)

Acts 27:11But the centurion believed more to the governor, and to the lord of the ship, than to these things that were said of Paul. (But the centurion trusted more in what the captain and the owner of the ship said, than what was said by Paul.)

2 Corinthians 11:25thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was at ship-break (or three times I was shipwrecked), a night and a day I was in the deepness of the sea;

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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