Acts 27:14

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Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

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  • Mark 4:37 : 37 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.
  • Exod 14:21-27 : 21 Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. 22 So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. 23 The Egyptians chased them and followed them into the middle of the sea– all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 In the morning watch the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic. 25 He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptians said,“Let’s flee from Israel, for the LORD fights for them against Egypt!” 26 The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!” 27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
  • Ps 107:25-27 : 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 26 They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. 27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.
  • Ezek 27:26 : 26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
  • Jonah 1:3-5 : 3 Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD. 4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up! 5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.
  • Matt 8:24 : 24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 27:4-13
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    85%

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

    5After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

    6There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

    7We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

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

    9Caught in a Violent Storm Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,

    10“Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

    11But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said.

    12Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

    13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

  • Acts 27:15-21
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    15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

    16As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

    17After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

    18The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

    19and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.

    20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

    21Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

    12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

    13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

  • Acts 27:38-41
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    38When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

    39Paul is Shipwrecked When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

    40So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

    41But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

  • Acts 27:26-30
    5 verses
    78%

    26But we must run aground on some island.”

    27When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.

    28They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.

    29Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

    30Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

  • Mark 4:37-39
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    76%

    37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

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

    39So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

  • John 6:18
    76%

    18By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

  • Jonah 1:4
    76%

    4But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

  • Matt 14:24
    75%

    24Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

  • Matt 8:24
    73%

    24And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

  • Luke 8:23-24
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    73%

    23and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

    24They came and woke him, saying,“Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

  • Matt 14:32
    73%

    32When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

  • Ezek 27:26
    72%

    26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

  • Acts 28:13
    71%

    13From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

  • Ps 107:25
    70%

    25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

  • Matt 8:26
    70%

    26But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

  • Acts 28:1
    70%

    1Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 21:1-2
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    70%

    1Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

  • Mark 6:48
    69%

    48He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.

  • Jonah 1:15
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    15So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

  • Matt 14:30
    69%

    30But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out,“Lord, save me!”

  • Matt 14:26
    69%

    26When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said,“It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.