Acts 21:3

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After sighting Cyprus and leaving it to our left, we sailed to Syria and landed in Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

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  • Matt 4:24 : 24 News about Him spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to Him all who were sick, suffering from various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and He healed them.
  • Acts 12:20 : 20 Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they came to him, and after persuading Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they sought peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
  • Acts 4:36 : 36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means 'son of encouragement'),
  • Acts 21:16 : 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, with whom we were to stay.
  • Acts 27:4 : 4 From there we put out to sea again and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
  • Acts 11:19 : 19 Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word only to Jews.
  • Acts 13:4 : 4 So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 They wrote this letter to be delivered by them: "The apostles and elders, your brothers, to the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
  • Acts 15:39 : 39 Their disagreement became so sharp that they parted ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
  • Acts 18:18 : 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he said goodbye to the brothers and sisters and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.’
  • Luke 2:2 : 2 This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
  • Luke 10:13 : 13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Judg 10:6 : 6 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not serve Him.
  • 2 Sam 8:6 : 6 Then David stationed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became his servants, bringing tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
  • Ps 45:12 : 12 The king will desire your beauty; bow down to him, for he is your lord.
  • Ps 87:4 : 4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know me; behold, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—this one was born there.
  • Isa 7:2 : 2 When it was reported to the house of David, 'Aram has allied itself with Ephraim,' the heart of Ahaz and the hearts of his people trembled, like trees of the forest shaken by the wind.
  • Isa 23:17-18 : 17 At the end of seventy years, the LORD will attend to Tyre. She will return to her hire and will prostitute herself to all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18 Yet her merchandise and her hire will be consecrated to the LORD; it will not be stored or hoarded, but it will provide for those who live in the presence of the LORD—for abundant food and fine clothing.

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  • Acts 21:1-2
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    1After we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we headed straight to the island of Cos. The next day, we went to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, so we boarded it and set sail.

  • Acts 27:2-8
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    2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to ports along the coast of Asia, and we set sail. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

    3The next day we landed at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to visit his friends so they could provide for his needs.

    4From there we put out to sea again and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

    5After sailing across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

    6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

    7We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. Because the wind did not allow us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

    8With difficulty, we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

  • Acts 21:4-7
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    4There we found some disciples and stayed with them for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept urging Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5When our time there was completed, we left and continued on our journey. All the disciples, along with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed together,

    6and said our farewells. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned to their homes.

    7After completing our voyage from Tyre, we arrived in Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers and sisters there and stayed with them for a day.

  • Acts 28:10-14
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    10They honored us in many ways, and when we were ready to sail, they provided us with the supplies we needed.

    11After three months, we set sail on an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island. Its figurehead was the Twin Brothers.

    12We landed at Syracuse and stayed there for three days.

    13From there, we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium. The next day, when a south wind arose, we sailed on and reached Puteoli.

    14There we found some fellow believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

  • Acts 20:13-16
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    13But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we intended to take Paul on board, for that was his arrangement since he planned to travel there on foot.

    14When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.

    15From there, we set sail and arrived opposite Chios the next day. The following day, we crossed over to Samos, stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after that, we came to Miletus.

    16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 20:5-6
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    5These men went ahead and waited for us at Troas.

    6But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

  • Acts 16:10-12
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    10After Paul saw the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

    11We set sail from Troas and sailed straight to Samothrace, and the next day we went to Neapolis.

    12From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. We stayed there for several days.

  • Acts 13:13
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    13Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 13:4
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    4So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

  • Acts 21:15-16
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    15After these days, we made preparations and went up to Jerusalem.

    16Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, with whom we were to stay.

  • Acts 27:12-13
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    12Since the harbor was unsuitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided that we should set sail, hoping to reach Phoenix, a harbor in Crete, facing southwest and northwest, to winter there.

    13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted, so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

  • Acts 20:3
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    3He stayed there for three months. But when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

  • Acts 27:18-19
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    18The next day, as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

    19On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

  • Gal 1:21
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    21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

  • Acts 18:22
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    22When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to greet the church and then went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 27:30
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    30The sailors tried to escape from the ship, lowering the lifeboat into the sea under the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow.

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

    40So they cut loose the anchors and left them in the sea, untied the ropes that held the rudders, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.

    41But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern began to break apart under the pounding of the waves.

  • Acts 16:8
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    8So they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to remain in Athens alone.

  • Acts 27:15-16
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    15The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.

    16As we passed to the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were barely able to secure the ship's lifeboat.

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    26But we must run aground on some island.

    27On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors sensed that they were approaching land.

  • Acts 28:1
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    1After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 14:26
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    26From there, they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.