Acts 27:43

Plain English Version

But their boss wanted to save Paul, so he said, “No.” Then he told everybody, “If you can swim, jump into the water now, and swim to the land. You mob go first.”

Cross References

Acts 23:10

Then those 2 mobs argued with each other and got really wild, and the big boss soldier thought, “They are going to tear Paul to bits.” So he told his soldiers, “Go and save Paul from those council men, and take him back to your big house.” So the soldiers did that.

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 27:3

the next day, we stopped at the town called Sidon. Julius was good to Paul, and he let him go and see his friends there, so they could give him anything he needed. Then Paul came back to the ship.

Acts 27:31

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.”

Acts 27:42

The soldiers said to their boss, “Let’s kill all the prisoners so they can’t swim to the beach and run away.”