Acts 21:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

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  • Acts 20:36 : 36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.
  • Acts 20:38 : 38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
  • Acts 17:10 : 10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
  • Deut 29:11-12 : 11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you: 12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;
  • 2 Chr 20:13 : 13 And all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
  • Neh 12:43 : 43 And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
  • Ps 95:6 : 6 O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.
  • Matt 14:21 : 21 And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
  • Mark 1:40 : 40 And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 21:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

    7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

    8And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

  • Acts 21:14-19
    6 verses
    77%

    14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

    15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

    16And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.

    17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

    18And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

    19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 20:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

    37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

    38Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

  • Acts 21:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

    2And as there was a ship going to Phoenicia, we went in it.

    3And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

    4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 16:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

    11So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

    12And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

    13And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

  • Acts 20:5-7
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    76%

    5But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

    7And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

  • Acts 28:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

    13And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

    14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

    15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

  • Acts 21:12
    73%

    12And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 20:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

    14And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

    15And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

  • Acts 18:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

    22And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 28:10
    71%

    10Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

  • Acts 27:7
    71%

    7And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

  • Acts 18:18
    70%

    18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

  • Acts 20:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

    2And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • Acts 27:5
    70%

    5And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.

  • Acts 20:11
    69%

    11And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

  • Acts 15:36
    69%

    36And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • Acts 16:16
    69%

    16And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
    69%

    1At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

  • Acts 17:14
    69%

    14So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

  • Acts 27:2
    69%

    2And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

  • Acts 13:13
    69%

    13Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 27:40-41
    2 verses
    68%

    40So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

    41And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

  • Acts 20:18
    68%

    18And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

  • Acts 21:10
    68%

    10And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.