Acts 27:43

English Standard Version 2016

But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,

Cross References

Acts 27:3

The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;

Acts 27:11

But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

Acts 23:24

Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”

Acts 23:10

And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 27:31

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

Acts 27:42

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.