Acts 27:43

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

Acts 23:10

When the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go down, take him by force, and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 23:24

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

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 27:3

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

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, so that none might swim away and escape;

2 Corinthians 11:25

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