Acts 28:14

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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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  • Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
  • Gen 8:10-12 : 10 He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.
  • Ps 119:63 : 63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers, and to those who keep your precepts.
  • Matt 10:11 : 11 Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.
  • John 21:23 : 23 So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather,“If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?”
  • Acts 9:42-43 : 42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43 So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.
  • Acts 19:1 : 1 Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
  • Acts 20:6 : 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.
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:7-8 : 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. 8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

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  • Acts 28:15-17
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    15The 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.

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

    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • Acts 28:10-13
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    10They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.

    11Paul 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.

    12We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

    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.

  • Acts 21:1-8
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    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.

    3After 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.

    4After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

    5When 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,

    6we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.

    7We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

    8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • Acts 20:5-6
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    5These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

    6We 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.

  • Acts 21:15-17
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    15After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

    16Some 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.

    17When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.

  • Acts 27:5-8
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    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.

  • Acts 14:28
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    28So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

  • Acts 28:7
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    7Now 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 16:10-13
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    10After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

    11Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

    12and 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.

    13On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

  • Acts 20:13-15
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    13The Voyage to Miletus We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land.

    14When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

    15We 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.

  • Acts 15:36
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    36Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

  • Acts 27:1-3
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    1Paul 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.

    2We 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.

    3The 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 27:26-27
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    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.

  • Acts 19:21
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    21A 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 17:14
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    14Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The 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.”

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17Forced Absence from Thessalonica But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time(in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 14:7
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    7There they continued to proclaim the good news.

  • Ezra 8:32
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    32So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.

  • Acts 28:21
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    21They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

  • Acts 11:12
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    12The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.