Acts 27:31

Plain English Version

But Paul said to the boss soldier, and to the other soldiers, “If these ship-men don’t stay on the ship, you will all drown.”

Cross References

John 6:37

You see, my father gives me some people. They will all come to me, and I will look after them. I will never send them away.

Acts 27:11

But the boss soldier didn’t listen to Paul. He listened to the boss of the ship-men and the owner of the ship.

Acts 27:30

The ship-men wanted to leave the ship and get in the little boat, so they lied to everyone. They said, “We are going to drop some anchors from the front of the ship.” Then they started to put the little boat down into the sea.

Acts 27:32

So the soldiers cut the ropes of the little boat and let it fall down into the water, and the waves took it away.

Acts 27:44

After they did that, the other people that couldn’t swim grabbed things that float, like bits of broken wood from the back of the ship, and they held on to those things in the water until the waves washed them to the beach. So we all got to that land. None of us drowned.