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Acts 27:31

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

KJV

εἶπεν ὁ Παῦλος τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῃ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις· ἐὰν μὴ οὗτοι μείνωσιν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ, ὑμεῖς σωθῆναι οὐ δύνασθε.

Greek NT

dixit Paulus centurioni et militibus : Nisi hi in navi manserint, vos salvi fieri non potestis.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
σώζω
sozo
verb · 106×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑκατοντάρχης
ekatontarches
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

We believe that all things in heaven and on earth, and all creatures, are preserved and governed by the providence of this wise and eternal God. For David testifies, saying: "The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like the LORD our God?" Indeed, the same apostle to the Athenians testified: "In him we live and move and have our being." This p…

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the t
  • Acts 27:21 — But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
  • Acts 27:44 — 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.
  • Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
  • Jer 29:11 — For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
  • Josh 2:19 — And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his b
  • Matt 8:5 — And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
  • Ps 91:11 — For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.