Acts 28:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 27:26 : 26 Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.
  • Acts 27:39 : 39 And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.
  • Acts 27:44 : 44 And the other, some on boardes, and some on certaine pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they came all safe to land.
  • Acts 16:10 : 10 And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

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  • Acts 28:2-7
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    2And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindnesse: for they kindled a fire, and receiued vs euery one, because of the present showre, and because of the colde.

    3And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heate, and leapt on his hand.

    4Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.

    5But he shooke off the worme into the fire, and felt no harme.

    6Howbeit they wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to him, they changed their mindes, and said, That he was a God.

    7In the same quarters, the chiefe man of the Yle (whose name was Publius) had possessions: the same receiued vs, and lodged vs three dayes courteously.

  • Acts 27:26-30
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    26Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.

    27And when ye fourteenth night was come, as we were caried to and fro in the Adriaticall sea about midnight, the shipmen deemed that some countrey approched vnto them,

    28And sounded, & found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a litle further, they sounded againe, and found fifteene fathoms.

    29Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.

    30Nowe as the mariners were about to flee out of the ship, and had let downe the boat into the sea vnder a colour as though they would haue cast ankers out of the foreship,

  • Acts 27:43-44
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    43But the Centurion willing to saue Paul, stayed them from this counsell, and commaunded that they that coulde swimme, shoulde cast them selues first into the sea, and goe out to land:

    44And the other, some on boardes, and some on certaine pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they came all safe to land.

  • Acts 27:38-41
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    38And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.

    39And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.

    40So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.

    41And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waues.

  • Acts 27:12-20
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    12And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, many tooke counsell to depart thence, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, there to winter, which is an hauen of Candie, and lyeth toward the Southwest and by West, and Northwest and by West.

    13And when the Southerne winde blew softly, they supposing to atteine their purpose, loosed neerer, and sailed by Candie.

    14But anon after, there arose by it a stormy winde called Euroclydon.

    15And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.

    16And we ran vnder a litle Yle named Clauda, and had much a doe to get the boat.

    17Which they tooke vp and vsed all helpe, vndergirding the ship, fearing least they should haue fallen into Syrtes, and they strake saile, and so were caried.

    18The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship.

    19And the third day we cast out with our owne hands the tackling of the ship.

    20And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.

  • Acts 27:4-8
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    4And from thence we launched, and sayled hard by Cyprus, because ye windes were contrarie.

    5Then sayled we ouer the sea by Cilicia, and Pamphilia, and came to Myra, a citie in Lycia.

    6And there the Centurion found a ship of Alexandria, sayling into Italie, and put vs therein.

    7And when we had sayled slowly many dayes, and scarce were come against Gnidum, because the winde suffered vs not, we sailed hard by Candie, neere to Salmone,

    8And with much adoe sayled beyond it, and came vnto a certaine place called the Faire hauens, neere vnto the which was the citie Lasea.

  • Acts 28:9-14
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    9When this then was done, other also in the Yle, which had diseases, came to him, and were healed,

    10Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.

    11Nowe after three moneths we departed in a shippe of Alexandria, which had wintred in the Yle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux.

    12And when we arriued at Syracuse, we taried there three dayes.

    13And from thence we set a compasse, and came to Rhegium: and after one day, the South wind blewe, and we came the seconde day to Putioli:

    14Where we found brethren, and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes, and so we went toward Rome.

  • Acts 21:1-3
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    1And as we launched forth, and were departed from them, we came with a straight course vnto Coos, and the day following vnto the Rhodes, and from thence vnto Patara.

    2And we found a ship that went ouer vnto Phenice, and went aboard, and set forth.

    3And whe we had discouered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, & sailed toward Syria, and arriued at Tyrus: for there the ship vnladed ye burden.

  • Acts 20:14-15
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    14Now when he was come vnto vs to Assos, and we had receiued him, we came to Mitylenes.

    15And wee sailed thence, and came the next day ouer against Chios, and the next day we arriued at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium: the next day we came to Miletum.

  • Acts 14:6
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    6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,

  • Mark 6:53-54
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    53And they came ouer, and went into the land of Gennesaret, and arriued.

    54So when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knewe him,

  • Jonah 1:13
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    13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

  • Matt 14:34
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    34And when they were come ouer, they came into the land of Gennezaret.

  • Acts 21:6
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    6Then when we had embraced one another, we tooke ship, and they returned home.

  • Jonah 1:11
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    11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

  • Matt 14:32
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    32And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.