Acts 27:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'

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  • Acts 27:21-24 : 21 And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved `you', indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage; 22 and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship; 23 for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve -- 24 saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth, 14 to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Acts 27:42-43 : 42 And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape, 43 but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,
  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, 12 On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.
  • Jer 29:11-13 : 11 For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. 12 `And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you, 13 And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
  • Ezek 36:36-37 : 36 And known have the nations who are left round about you, That I Jehovah have built the thrown down, I have planted the desolated: I Jehovah have spoken, and I have done `it'. 37 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Yet this I am required, By the house of Israel to do to them, I multiply them as a flock of men,
  • Luke 1:34-35 : 34 And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' 35 And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;
  • Luke 4:9-9 : 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, `If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence, 10 for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee, 11 and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.' 12 And Jesus answering said to him -- `It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
  • John 6:37 : 37 all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,
  • Acts 27:11 : 11 but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

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    37 (and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),

    38 and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

    39 And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

    40 and the anchors having taken up, they were committing `it' to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

    41 and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

    42 And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

    43 but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

    44 and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.

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    29 and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

    30 And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as `if' out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

  • 32 then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

  • Acts 27:6-27
    22 verses
    78%

    6 and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

    7 and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

    8 and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city `of' Lasaea.

    9 And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing,

    10 saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives -- the voyage is about to be;'

    11 but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

    12 and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, `there' to winter, `which is' a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

    13 and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained `their' purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

    14 and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

    15 and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given `her' up, we were borne on,

    16 and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

    17 which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

    18 And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

    19 and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

    20 and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

    21 And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved `you', indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

    22 and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;

    23 for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

    24 saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

    25 wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

    26 and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

    27 And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

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    11 And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'

    12 And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'

    13 And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

  • 1 And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,

  • 16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

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    30 and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do -- that I may be saved?'

    31 and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'

  • 28 and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, `Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

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    10 and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring `him' to the castle.

    11 And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

  • Matt 8:24-25
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    24 and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

    25 and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

  • 11 but, through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.'

  • Mark 4:37-38
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    37 And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

    38 and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'

  • 14 who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

  • 23 and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.