Acts 27:43

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But the centurion, wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

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  • Acts 27:3 : 3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.
  • Acts 27:11 : 11 But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.
  • Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
  • 2 Cor 11:25 : 25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
  • Acts 23:10 : 10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
  • Acts 23:24 : 24 and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

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  • Acts 27:38-42
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    89%

    38When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

    39Paul is Shipwrecked When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

    40So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

    41But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

    42Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

  • Acts 27:44
    83%

    44and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

  • Acts 27:29-32
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    29Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

    30Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

    31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

    32Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.

  • Acts 27:6-22
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    79%

    6There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

    7We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

    8With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.

    9Caught in a Violent Storm Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,

    10“Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

    11But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.

    12Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

    13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

    14Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

    15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

    16As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

    17After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

    18The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

    19and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.

    20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

    21Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

    22And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

  • Acts 27:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Paul and Company Sail for Rome When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

    2We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

  • Acts 27:24-27
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    24and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’

    25Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

    26But we must run aground on some island.”

    27When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

    12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

    13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

  • Acts 24:23
    72%

    23He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

  • Acts 21:31-32
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    72%

    31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

    32He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    71%

    10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

    11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

  • Acts 28:16
    70%

    16When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

  • Acts 22:26
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    26When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

  • Acts 23:23-24
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    70%

    23Then he summoned two of the centurions and said,“Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,

    24and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

  • Acts 16:27-28
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    69%

    27When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

    28But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

  • Acts 23:27
    69%

    27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

  • Acts 28:1
    69%

    1Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 28:18
    68%

    18When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.