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Acts 27:44
Acts 27:44 is verse 44 of Acts chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
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Acts 27:42–44 · Berean Standard Bible
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
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Cross-references
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Acts 27:22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
Psalms 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalms 107:30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.
Amos 9:9“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
2 Corinthians 1:8We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”