"But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from {their} purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should…" — Acts 27:43

Acts 27:43 · KJV

“But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from {their} purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast {themselves} first {into the sea}, and get to land:”

— Acts 27:43

Verse 42

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

Verse 44

And the rest, some on boards, and some on {broken pieces} of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

Acts 27 — Context

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from {their} purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast {themselves} first {into the sea}, and get to land:

And the rest, some on boards, and some on {broken pieces} of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

Cross References

Acts 27:3

And the next {day} we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave {him} liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Acts 27:11

Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 23:10

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring {him} into the castle.

2 Corinthians 11:25

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Acts 23:24

And provide {them} beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring {him} safe unto Felix the governor.

Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.