Acts 27:43

Good News Translation

But the army officer wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from doing this. Instead, he ordered everyone who could swim to jump overboard first and swim ashore;

Cross References

Proverbs 16:7

When you please the Lord, you can make your enemies into friends.

Acts 23:10

The argument became so violent that the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces. So he ordered his soldiers to go down into the group, get Paul away from them, and take him into the fort.

Acts 23:24

Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to Governor Felix.”

Acts 27:11

But the army officer was convinced by what the captain and the owner of the ship said, and not by what Paul said.

Acts 27:3

The next day we arrived at Sidon. Julius was kind to Paul and allowed him to go and see his friends, to be given what he needed.

Acts 27:31

But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors don't stay on board, you have no hope of being saved.”

Acts 27:42

The soldiers made a plan to kill all the prisoners, in order to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping.

2 Corinthians 11:25

three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.