Acts 21:3

World English Bible (2000)

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

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  • Matt 4:24 : 24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
  • Acts 12:20 : 20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
  • Acts 4:36 : 36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
  • Acts 21:16 : 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.
  • Acts 27:4 : 4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
  • Acts 11:19 : 19 They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
  • Acts 13:4 : 4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
  • Acts 15:39 : 39 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus,
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.
  • Acts 18:18 : 18 Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Luke 2:2 : 2 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
  • Luke 10:13 : 13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Judg 10:6 : 6 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him.
  • 2 Sam 8:6 : 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
  • Ps 45:12 : 12 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
  • Ps 87:4 : 4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."
  • Isa 7:2 : 2 It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
  • Isa 23:17-18 : 17 It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth. 18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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  • Acts 21:1-2
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    1 When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

  • Acts 27:2-8
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    2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

    3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

    4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

    5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

    6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

    7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

    8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

  • Acts 21:4-7
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    4 Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

    5 When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

    6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.

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

  • Acts 28:10-14
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    10 They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.

    11 After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."

    12 Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

    13 From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,

    14 where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

  • Acts 20:13-16
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    13 But we who went ahead to the ship set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land.

    14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.

    15 Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.

    16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

  • Acts 20:5-6
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    5 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.

    6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.

  • Acts 16:10-12
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    10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

    11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

    12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

  • Acts 13:13
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    13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 13:4
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    4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

  • Acts 21:15-16
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    15 After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.

    16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.

  • Acts 27:12-13
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    12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

    13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

  • Acts 20:3
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    3 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

  • Acts 27:18-19
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    18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

    19 On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.

  • Gal 1:21
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    21 Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

  • Acts 18:22
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    22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 27:30
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    30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

    40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

    41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

  • Acts 16:8
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    8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1 Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

  • Acts 27:15-16
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    15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

    16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

  • Acts 27:26-27
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    26 But we must run aground on a certain island."

    27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

  • Acts 28:1
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    1 When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Acts 14:26
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    26 From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.