Acts 27:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ But the military officer paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul was saying.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

Common English Bible

¹¹ But the centurion was persuaded more by the ship’s pilot and captain than by Paul’s advice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But the centurion put more trust in the captain and the navigator of the ship, than in the things being said by Paul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ But the centurion believed the pilot and the master of the ship, more than those things which were said by Paul.

Acts 27:11 Cross References

Acts 27:21

When they had gone without food for a long time, Paul stood in the middle of the crew and spoke, “Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed from Crete and thereby have to experience such suffering and loss.

Hebrews 11:7

By [having] faith, when Noah was warned [by God] about conditions that had not yet been seen [i.e., regarding events of the coming Flood], he acted out of reverent concern [for God] by constructing a ship to save [i.e., rescue] his household [from the Flood waters]. By this [i.e., his faith which led to action], Noah condemned the world and inherited righteousness because of his faith.

James 3:4

Look, even though ships are huge and are driven by strong winds, still their direction can be governed by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires to sail.

Revelation 18:17

For in a single hour [all] such great wealth was wasted.’ Then all the ships’ captains [Note: This word is literally “pilots”], passengers, crewmen and others who work in the maritime shipping industry stood at a distance