 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842
...they complied with bis advice, and took every precaution which their dangerous situation required. " And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land." This is the connection of the words of the text ; and in this connection they plainly imply, that those... | |
 | 1842
...predicted the several occurrences which took place : the vessel was wrecked — everv life wa« spared. " And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to bind." Tile last mention we hear made of this centurion is in a closing verse of the chapter, where... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843
...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...came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 283 sider
...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...came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Mel'ita. 4. And the barbarous... | |
 | 1866
...heart. Two sermons were afterwards preached; one by Brother Bateman, of Ipswich, from Acts xxvii, 44," And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces...to pass, that they escaped all safe to land." The other by Brother Barnes, of Glemsford, from Psalm xli, 4, " Heal my soul; for I have sinned against... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1844 - 330 sider
...they which could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land : and the rest, 44 some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship....came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Voyage of Paul from Melita ; his Arrival at Rome ; Discourse before the Jews, and... | |
 | 1844
...still. St. Paul was content with commanding that those " who 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." But a Saxon lady-saint adopts a loftier course :— " Walburga prayed to God her Saviour, and rising... | |
 | Christian Gottlob Barth - 1844
...ship's company were obliged to save themselves by swimming ; and of those who could not swim, some came on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they all escaped safe to land;* being two hundred and seventy-six in number. The land which they reached... | |
 | William Graeme Rhind - 1844 - 398 sider
...could either rebuke the storm or protect him in it : the latter was his will, and tlius it was " that some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship ; and so it came to pass, they all came safe to land." (Ver. 44.) Relative to the heavenly bodies, it is the opinion of some... | |
 | 1851
...did they make an utter shipwreck of the faith ? Or if some of them did, can there be no hope that " the rest, some on boards and some on broken pieces of the ship escaped all safe to land ?" Really, our critic most either save himself from pronouncing an absurd... | |
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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... 
