The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.
- NASB and the rest were to follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.
- NLT The others held on to planks or debris from the broken ship. So everyone escaped safely to shore.
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The rest reach land on planks and debris, so that all aboard escape safely to shore.
Overview
Exactly as God promised through Paul, every one of the 276 reaches land alive, though the ship is destroyed. The complete deliverance vindicates God's word and Paul's faith. This dramatic rescue displays God's sovereign faithfulness to His servants and His mercy extended to all for the sake of His mission, soon to continue toward Rome.
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Cross-references · 8
- 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.
- Ps 107:28–30Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- John 6:39–40And 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.
- 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.’
- 2 Cor 1:8–10We 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.
- Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- 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.
- 1 Pet 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
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