Acts 27:24

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and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’

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  • Acts 23:11 : 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
  • Acts 27:37 : 37 (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)
  • 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it. 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
  • Gen 18:23-32 : 23 Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?” 26 So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” 27 Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes), 28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied,“I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” 29 Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.” 30 Then Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it if I find thirty there.” 31 Abraham said,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.” 32 Finally Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
  • Isa 43:1-5 : 1 The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you. 4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life. 5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.
  • Isa 58:11-12 : 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water. 12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
  • 2 Kgs 6:16 : 16 He replied,“Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.”
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • John 11:9 : 9 Jesus replied,“Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
  • Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! 11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish. 12 When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing. 13 For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’ 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the LORD sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”
  • Gen 39:5 : 5 From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.
  • Gen 39:23 : 23 The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful.
  • Gen 46:3 : 3 He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  • 1 Kgs 17:13 : 13 Elijah said to her,“Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make me a small cake and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
  • Gen 19:21-22 : 21 “Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned. 22 Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
  • Rev 11:5-7 : 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 6 These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 7 When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
  • Acts 27:44 : 44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night,“Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent, 10 because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
  • Acts 19:21 : 21 A Riot in Ephesus Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said,“After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
  • Acts 25:11 : 11 If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 27:25-27
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    25 Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

    26 But we must run aground on some island.”

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

  • Acts 27:20-23
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    20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

    21 Since 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.

    22 And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

    23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

    11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

  • Acts 27:29-32
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    29 Because 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.

    30 Then 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,

    31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

    32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.

  • Acts 27:9-12
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    9 Caught 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.”

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

    12 Because 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.

  • Acts 27:1
    74%

    1 Paul and Company Sail for Rome When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

  • Acts 27:41-44
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    41 But 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.

    42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

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

    44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

  • Acts 18:9-10
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    9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night,“Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

    10 because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

  • Acts 16:28
    72%

    28 But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”

  • Acts 24:23
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    23 He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

  • Jonah 1:11-12
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    11 Because 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?”

    12 He 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.”

  • Acts 27:6-7
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    6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

    7 We 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.

  • Acts 23:24
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    24 and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

  • Acts 25:10-12
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    10 Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

    11 If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

    12 Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied,“You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”

  • Acts 23:17-18
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    70%

    17 Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”

    18 So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

  • Acts 28:15-16
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    15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.

    16 When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

  • Acts 16:17
    69%

    17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

  • Acts 22:26-27
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    26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

    27 So the commanding officer came and asked Paul,“Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied,“Yes.”

  • Acts 25:21
    69%

    21 But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.”

  • Acts 26:29
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    29 Paul replied,“I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

  • Acts 27:15
    68%

    15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

  • Acts 25:24
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    24 Then Festus said,“King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.

  • Acts 27:3
    68%

    3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.

  • Acts 11:14
    68%

    14 who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

  • Matt 14:27
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    27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

  • Acts 20:37
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    37 They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

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