Acts 27:39
Paul 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.
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- Acts 28:1 : 1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
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- Acts 27:40-445 verses85%
40 So 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.
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 27:26-305 verses82%
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.
28 They 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.
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,
- Acts 27:12-2110 verses81%
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.
13 When 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.
14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.
15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
16 As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.
17 After 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.
18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,
19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
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.
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38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
- Jonah 1:11-133 verses80%
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.”
13 Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.
- Acts 27:6-105 verses76%
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.
8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.
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.”
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1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
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4 When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
- Luke 8:22-232 verses74%
22 Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
23 and 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.
- Mark 4:37-382 verses73%
37 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.
38 But 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?”
- John 6:21-222 verses73%
21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.
22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
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19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.
- Mark 6:53-542 verses73%
53 Healing the Sick After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.
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2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.
- Mark 6:47-482 verses73%
47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
48 He 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.
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24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.
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24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.
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32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.
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7 So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink.
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17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum.(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)
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32 When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.
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35 Stilling of a Storm On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”