Acts 27:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

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  • Eph 2:12 : 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark. 22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days; 23 They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.
  • Ps 105:28 : 28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
  • Ps 107:25-27 : 25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves. 26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble. 27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.
  • Jer 2:25 : 25 Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
  • Jonah 1:11-14 : 11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher. 12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you. 13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them. 14 So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.
  • Matt 8:24-25 : 24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping. 25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
  • 2 Cor 11:25 : 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

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  • Acts 27:6-19
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    83%

    6 And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.

    7 And 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;

    8 And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

    9 And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,

    10 Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.

    11 But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

    12 And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

    13 And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.

    14 But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.

    15 And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.

    16 And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:

    17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

    18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

    19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

  • Acts 27:21-22
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    21 And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

    22 But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

  • Acts 27:24-33
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    24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

    25 And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

    26 But we will be sent on to a certain island.

    27 But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

    28 And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.

    29 Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.

    30 Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

    31 But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

    32 Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.

    33 And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.

  • Acts 27:37-44
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    37 And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.

    38 And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

    39 And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.

    40 So 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.

    41 And 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.

    42 Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

    43 But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

    44 And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

    12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

    13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

  • Acts 28:1
    71%

    1 And when we were safe, we made the discovery that the island was named Melita.

  • Acts 21:1-2
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    1 And 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:

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

  • Matt 8:24-25
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    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

    25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

  • Acts 27:4
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    4 And sailing again from there, we went on under cover of Cyprus, because the wind was against us.

  • Acts 28:11
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    11 And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.

  • Mark 4:37
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    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

  • Rom 8:24
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    24 For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • Matt 14:24
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    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

  • Acts 28:13
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    13 And 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:

  • Acts 20:15
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    15 And 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.