Acts 28:11
Paul Finally Reaches Rome After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the“Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead.
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- Acts 27:6 : 6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
- 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”
- Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
- Jonah 1:5 : 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.
- Jonah 1:16 : 16 The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the LORD.
- Acts 6:9 : 9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
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- Acts 28:12-143 verses82%
12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.
13 From 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.
14 There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.
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10 They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.
- Acts 27:1-99 verses78%
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.
2 We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
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.
4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5 After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.
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,
- Acts 21:1-33 verses76%
1 Paul’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.
2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.
3 After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.
- Acts 27:26-272 verses75%
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 27:12-2110 verses74%
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.
- Acts 21:5-73 verses74%
5 When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,
6 we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
7 We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.
- Acts 16:11-122 verses72%
11 Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.
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1 Paul on Malta After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
- Acts 20:14-152 verses72%
14 When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.
15 We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.
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7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
- Acts 21:15-162 verses72%
15 After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.
- Acts 20:5-62 verses72%
5 These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
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3 where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 27:29-302 verses70%
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 27:37-415 verses70%
37 (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)
38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
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.
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.
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13 Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.