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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXVII - XIII
"The ship that I, Paul, and those with me had struck a sandbar.... We all knew it meant that the ship was a lost cause...It was not going anywhere....Not to Phoenix, where it was supposed to go.... Or anywhere else for that matter...It was beyond repair... I looked at the soldiers... For they seemed to be planning something... Were they thinking of killing all the prisoners.... Myself included....I began to think that was exactly what they were planning to do... Because they did not want anyone of us to escape... But I knew God had told me that I am to testify in Rome...Moreover, God had promised me the life of everyone aboard the ship... So I was confident that whatever they plans might be... They would not succeed...I quetly watched to see how God was going to prevent the killings.... I then noticed the Centurion speaking in a very strong tone to the soldiers under his command.... I could not hear what he was saying to them... But I knew he was telling them off for their plans... God was using him to protect us all....The Centurion then turned to us... And he told us what to do in order to safely arrive on dry land... Those who could swim were to go first... Those who could not swim were to get to dry land using planks of pieces of the ship... We all arrived safely... It seems we have arrived on an island called Malta."... Please read the typed out attachment when we learn that Paul and everyone else all swam to safety to an island called Malta....
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART XXVII - XIII
This time the soldiers aboard the ship that is supposed to take Paul and all those with him from Myra to Phoenix, decide to take things into their own hands, despite what they know Paul has said about everyone being saved as you can read in Acts 27:42
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.
To be honest, these prisoners had nowhere really to escape to. But one of these prisoners is Paul, who has to go to Rome to testify. So God used the Centurion to prevent that from happening as you can read in Acts 27:43a
But the Centurion wanted to save Paul's life and kept them from carrying out their plan.
We once again see the Centurion in charge of the situation. And he is the one who makes the decision as to how everyne is to get to land safely as you can read in Acts 27:43b -44
He ordered those who could swim to get overboard first and get to land. The rest were to get there on planks or on pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached the land in safety
As Paul has told them, everyone will be safe. That is what has happened; all 276 people on board of that Alexandrian ship have safely arrived on an island called Malta. But the ship has not survived the storm just as the angel has told Paul.
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