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Acts 27:21

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When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.

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Acts 27:21 in other translations

And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

Acts 27:21 · American Standard Version

Acts 27:21 in context

  1. 19On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
  2. 20When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
  3. 21When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.
  4. 22Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
  5. 23For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,