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Acts 27:31

Paul

29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
KJV
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
WEB
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
ASV
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
DARBY
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these abide in the ship *ye* cannot be saved.
BLB
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these remain in the ship, you⁺ are not able to be saved.”
ÅB
da sa Paulus til høvedsmannen og til krigsfolket: Dersom ikke disse blir ombord i skipet, kan dere ikke bli berget.
OTB
Da sa Paulus til centurionen og soldatene: "Hvis ikke disse mennene blir på skipet, kan dere ikke bli reddet."
B1930
da sa Paulus til høvedsmannen og til krigsfolket: Dersom ikke disse blir ombord i skibet, kan I ikke bli berget.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

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  • Jeremiah 29:11–13

    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

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  • Psalms 91:11–12

    For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

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  • Acts 27:21–24

    After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

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  • Acts 27:42–43

    The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

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  • John 6:37

    Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

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  • Ezekiel 36:36–37

    Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

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  • Luke 4:9–12

    Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

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