Acts 27:39

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When 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.

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

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  • Acts 27:40-44
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    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.

    42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

    43But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

    44and the rest were to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. In this way, everyone reached land safely.

  • Acts 27:26-30
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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.

    28They took soundings and found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later they sounded again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

    29Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

    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 27:12-21
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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.

    14But not long after, a violent wind, called the Northeaster, rushed down from the island.

    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.

    17After hoisting it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbanks of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.

    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.

    20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued to rage, all hope of being saved was finally abandoned.

    21After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete, thereby avoiding this disaster and loss.

  • Acts 27:38
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    38After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Then they said to him, "What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?" For the sea was growing more and more tempestuous.

    12He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, for I know that it is because of me this great storm has come upon you."

    13Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew increasingly stormy against them.

  • Acts 27:6-10
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    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.

    9Much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them,

    10"Men, I can see that our voyage will result in disaster and great loss, not only to the cargo and ship, but also to our own lives."

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

  • John 21:4
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    4At dawn, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize it was Jesus.

  • Luke 8:22-23
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    22One day Jesus got into a boat with His disciples and said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." So they set out.

    23As they sailed, He fell asleep. A fierce storm came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in great danger.

  • Mark 4:37-38
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    37A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling up.

    38But he was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. They woke him up and said to him, 'Teacher, don’t you care that we are perishing?'

  • John 6:21-22
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    21Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

    22The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

  • John 6:19
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    19After rowing about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

  • Mark 6:53-54
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    53When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.

    54As they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized Jesus.

  • Acts 21:2
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    2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, so we boarded it and set sail.

  • Mark 6:47-48
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    47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on land.

    48He saw the disciples straining at the oars because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea, and was about to pass by them.

  • Matt 14:24
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    24Meanwhile, the boat was already far from land, being battered by the waves because the wind was against it.

  • Matt 8:24
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    24Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

  • Acts 27:32
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    32So the soldiers cut the ropes holding the lifeboat and let it drift away.

  • Luke 5:7
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    7So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

  • John 6:17
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    17got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. By then it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

  • Matt 14:32
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    32When they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

  • Mark 4:35
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    35On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, 'Let us go across to the other side.'