Acts 27:37

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 2:41 : 41 then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,
  • Acts 7:14 : 14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --
  • Rom 13:1 : 1 Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

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  • Acts 27:38-44
    7 verses
    79%

    38and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

    39And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,

    40and the anchors having taken up, they were committing `it' to the sea, at the same time -- having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind -- they were making for the shore,

    41and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

    42And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

    43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

    44and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.

  • Acts 27:36
    78%

    36and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

  • Acts 27:13-22
    10 verses
    74%

    13and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained `their' purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

    14and not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, that is called Euroclydon,

    15and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given `her' up, we were borne on,

    16and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

    17which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

    18And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing,

    19and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

    20and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

    21And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, `It behoved `you', indeed, O men -- having hearkened to me -- not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

    22and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;

  • Acts 27:24-32
    9 verses
    74%

    24saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

    25wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

    26and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

    27And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

    28and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

    29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

    30And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as `if' out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

    31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'

    32then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

  • Acts 27:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

    7and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

  • Acts 21:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding `day' to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

    2and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

  • Mark 4:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.

    37And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

  • Acts 21:6
    70%

    6and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    11And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'

    12And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'

    13And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

  • Acts 27:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10saying to them, `Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives -- the voyage is about to be;'

    11but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

  • Gen 46:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons `are' sixty and six.

    27And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt `are' two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt `are' seventy.

  • Acts 28:11
    68%

    11And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

  • John 6:19
    68%

    19having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;

  • Acts 20:6
    68%

    6and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

  • Acts 27:2
    67%

    2and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, did set sail, there being with us Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,

  • John 6:21
    67%

    21they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

  • Neh 7:66
    67%

    66All the assembly together `is' four myriads two thousand three hundred and sixty,

  • Acts 16:11
    67%

    11having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

  • Luke 5:7
    67%

    7and they beckoned to the partners, who `are' in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

  • Matt 8:24
    67%

    24and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,