32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. …
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-44)We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul’s sake. We are here told (Acts 27:37) what number there were on board—mariners, merchants, soldiers, prisoners, and other passengers, in all two hundred and seventy-six souls; this is taken notice of to make us the more concerned for them in reading the st…
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