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Acts 27:11When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 25:25Acts 10:1Acts 25:12Acts 18:2Acts 27:11Heb 13:24Acts 16:10Acts 19:21Acts 21:32Acts 22:26
Acts 27:22We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:29Col 4:10Phlm 1:24Acts 16:17Acts 16:9-13Acts 17:1Acts 19:19Acts 2:9Acts 20:15-16Acts 20:4-5
Acts 27:33The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:23Acts 28:16Acts 27:43Acts 12:20Acts 27:1Gen 10:15Gen 49:13Isa 23:12Isa 23:2-4Matt 11:21
Acts 27:44From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:36Acts 11:19-20Acts 13:4Acts 15:39Acts 21:16Acts 21:3Acts 27:7Mark 6:48Matt 14:24
Acts 27:55After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:9Acts 13:13Acts 15:23Acts 15:38Acts 15:41Acts 2:10Acts 21:39Acts 22:3Gal 1:21
Acts 27:66There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 28:11Acts 18:24Acts 27:1Acts 6:9
Acts 27:77We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:21Acts 2:11Acts 27:12-13Titus 1:12Titus 1:5Acts 27:4
Acts 27:88With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Acts 27:99Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 23:27-29Num 29:7Lev 16:29-31
Acts 27:1010“Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:20-26Acts 27:41-44Amos 3:7Dan 2:30Ps 25:142 Kgs 6:9-10Acts 27:34Gen 41:16-25Gen 41:38-391 Pet 4:18
Acts 27:1111But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 33:4Ezek 3:17-18Heb 11:7Acts 27:21Prov 27:122 Kgs 6:10Exod 9:20-21Rev 18:17
Acts 27:1212Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:8Ps 107:30
Acts 27:1313When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 37:17Luke 12:55Ps 78:26Song 4:16
Acts 27:1414Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:37Ps 107:25-27Exod 14:21-27Ezek 27:26Jonah 1:3-5Matt 8:24
Acts 27:1515When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:27Jas 3:4
Acts 27:1616As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Acts 27:1717After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:29Acts 27:26Acts 27:41
Acts 27:1818The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 1:5Acts 27:38Heb 12:1Matt 16:26Acts 27:19Luke 16:8Phil 3:7-8Ps 107:27
Acts 27:1919and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:4Jonah 1:5Luke 9:24-25Mark 8:35-37
Acts 27:2020When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:29Matt 8:24-251 Thess 4:13Eph 2:12Exod 10:21-23Ezek 37:11Isa 57:10Jer 2:252 Cor 11:25Jonah 1:11-14
Acts 27:2121Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 42:22Ps 107:5-6Acts 27:33-35Acts 27:7Acts 27:9-10
Acts 27:2222And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:25Acts 27:36Isa 43:1-22 Cor 4:8-9Acts 27:34Ps 112:71 Sam 30:6Acts 27:442 Cor 1:4-6Acts 23:11
Acts 27:2323For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to meCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:112 Tim 4:17Acts 5:19Rom 1:9Heb 1:14Acts 12:8-11Acts 18:9Acts 8:26Dan 6:16Dan 6:22
Acts 27:2424and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:112 Tim 4:16-17Matt 10:28Acts 9:15Gen 19:29Jas 5:162 Kgs 6:16Acts 27:37Gen 12:2Gen 15:1
Acts 27:2525Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 4:20-21Luke 1:452 Tim 1:12Num 23:192 Chr 20:20Acts 27:11Acts 27:21-22Acts 27:36
Acts 27:2626But we must run aground on some island.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 28:1Acts 27:17Acts 27:29
Acts 27:2727When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:27Acts 27:30Jonah 1:6Rev 18:17
Acts 27:2828They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Acts 27:2929Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:17Heb 6:19Acts 27:26Acts 27:30Acts 27:40-41Deut 28:67Ps 130:6
Acts 27:3030Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:16Acts 27:32
Acts 27:3131Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:13-14Jer 29:11-13Ps 91:11-12Acts 27:21-24Acts 27:11Acts 27:42-43Ezek 36:36-37John 6:37Luke 1:34-35Luke 4:9-12
Acts 27:3232Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:7-9Luke 16:8
Acts 27:3333As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Acts 27:3434Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:301 Kgs 1:52Luke 21:18Mark 8:2-31 Tim 5:23Luke 12:7Matt 15:32Phil 2:5
Acts 27:3535After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:361 Cor 10:30-311 Tim 4:3-42 Tim 1:122 Tim 1:81 Pet 4:161 Sam 9:13Acts 2:46-47John 6:11John 6:23
Acts 27:3636So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:4-6Acts 27:22Ps 27:14Acts 27:25
Acts 27:3737(We were in all 276 persons on the ship.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:411 Pet 3:20Acts 7:14Rom 13:1
Acts 27:3838When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 1:5Matt 6:25Acts 27:18-19Matt 16:26Heb 12:1Job 2:4
Acts 27:3939When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 28:1
Acts 27:4040So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:29-30Isa 33:23
Acts 27:4141But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:25-26Ezek 27:261 Kgs 22:482 Chr 20:37Acts 27:17Acts 27:26-29Ezek 27:34
Acts 27:4242Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:19Eccl 9:3Luke 23:40-41Mark 15:15-20Prov 12:10Ps 74:20
Acts 27:4343But the centurion, wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:3Prov 16:72 Cor 11:25Acts 23:10Acts 23:24Acts 27:11Acts 27:31
Acts 27:4444and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 27:22Ps 107:28-30Acts 27:24John 6:39-401 Pet 4:182 Cor 1:8-10Acts 27:31Amos 9:9
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