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.”
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
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.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”
“And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.”
“And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”
“For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:”