Acts 27:43

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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,

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  • Acts 27:3 : 3 on the next `day' also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit `him', having gone on unto friends, to receive `their' care.
  • Acts 27:11 : 11 but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;
  • Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'
  • 2 Cor 11:25 : 25 thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep I have passed;
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.
  • Acts 23:10 : 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.
  • Acts 23:24 : 24 beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'

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  • Acts 27:38-42
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    38and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

    39And 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,

    40and 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,

    41and 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.

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

  • Acts 27:44
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    44and 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.

  • Acts 27:29-32
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    29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

    30And 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,

    31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'

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

  • Acts 27:6-22
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    6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

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

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

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

    10saying 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;'

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

    12and 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,

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

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

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

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

    17which 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.

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

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

    20and 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.

    21And 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;

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

  • Acts 27:1-2
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    1And 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,

    2and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

  • Acts 27:24-27
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    24saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

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

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

    27And 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;

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11And 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?'

    12And 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.'

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

  • Acts 24:23
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    23having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let `him' also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

  • Acts 21:31-32
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    31and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

    32who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.

  • Acts 23:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10and 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.

    11And 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.'

  • Acts 28:16
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    16And 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.

  • Acts 22:26
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    26and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, `Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;'

  • Acts 23:23-24
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    23and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

    24beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'

  • Acts 16:27-28
    2 verses
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    27and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

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

  • Acts 23:27
    69%

    27This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

  • Acts 28:1
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    1And having been saved, then they knew that the island is called Melita,

  • Acts 28:18
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    18who, having examined me, were wishing to release `me', because of their being no cause of death in me,