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Acts 27:21

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

After everyone had been going without food for a long time, Paul stood up in front of the whole group and said, 'Guys, you really should have listened to me and stayed put in Crete instead of sailing out. We could have avoided all this damage and loss.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Paul's basically saying 'I told you so' but in the most gracious way possible during a literal shipwreck.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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