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Acts 27:30-32
New Catholic Bible
Acts 27:30-32
New Catholic Bible
30 The sailors then tried to abandon ship. They had already lowered the lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. 31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay[a] with the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the lifeboat and set it adrift.
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- Acts 27:31 Unless these men stay: Paul points out that if the sailors jump ship, the passengers will be unable to bring the vessel to shore by themselves and will perish.
