Acts 27:20

World English Bible (2000)

When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

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  • Eph 2:12 : 12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt." 22 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
  • Ps 105:28 : 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.
  • Ps 107:25-27 : 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. 26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. 27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
  • Jer 2:25 : 25 "Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.'
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
  • Jonah 1:11-14 : 11 Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy. 12 He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you." 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. 14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don't let us die for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you."
  • Matt 8:24-25 : 24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. 25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
  • 2 Cor 11:25 : 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.

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  • Acts 27:6-19
    14 verses
    83%

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

    7When 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.

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

    9When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

    10and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

    11But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

    12Because 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.

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

    14But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

    15When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

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

    17After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

    18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

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

  • Acts 27:21-22
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    81%

    21When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

    22Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

  • Acts 27:24-33
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    80%

    24saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

    25Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

    26But we must run aground on a certain island."

    27But 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.

    28They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

    29Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

    30As 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,

    31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."

    32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

    33While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

  • Acts 27:37-44
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    37In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

    38When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

    39When 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.

    40Casting 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.

    41But 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.

    42The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

    43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

    44and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.

    12He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you."

    13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

  • Acts 28:1
    71%

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

  • Acts 21:1-2
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    71%

    1When 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.

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

  • Matt 8:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

    25They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"

  • Acts 27:4
    70%

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

  • Acts 28:11
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    11After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."

  • Mark 4:37
    70%

    37A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

  • Rom 8:24
    69%

    24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

  • 2 Cor 1:8
    69%

    8For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

  • Matt 14:24
    68%

    24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

  • Acts 28:13
    68%

    13From 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,

  • Acts 20:15
    68%

    15Sailing 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.