Acts 27:31

James Moffatt - New Testament

when Paul said to the officer and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay by the ship."

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However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say,

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

The sailors tried to escape from the ship. They had even lowered the boat into the sea, pretending they were going to layout anchors from the bow,

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let her fall off.

while the rest were to manage with planks or pieces of wreckage. In this way it turned out that the whole company got safe to land.