ACTS 27:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.”
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, 'Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.' - Paul's intervention ('Unless...you cannot be saved,' ean mē...sōthēnai ou dynasthe, ean mē...sōthēnai ou dynasthe) is categorical: desertion = death. His command reveals his moral authority and his connection to the divine promise. The centurion and soldiers-Roman authority-obey Paul, a prisoner. Luke shows how spiritual authority surpasses military rank when moral clarity is needed. Paul's leadership in crisis emerges.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:31
But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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