The others held on to planks or debris from the broken ship. So everyone escaped safely to shore.
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.
- BSB The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely 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.
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Quick answer
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 27:22Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
- Ps 107:28–30Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
- John 6:39–40This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
- Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- 2 Cor 1:8–10For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
- Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
- Amos 9:9“For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- 1 Pet 4:18“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
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