Acts 27 Cross References - Williams

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they turned over Paul and some other prisoners to a colonel of the imperial regiment, named Julius. ² After going on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, we set sail. On board with us was Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. ³ The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius kindly permitted Paul to visit his friends and enjoy their attentions. ⁴ After setting sail from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us, ⁵ and after sailing the whole length of the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia. ⁶ There the colonel found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her. ⁷ For a number of days we sailed on slowly and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind did not permit us to go on, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone, ⁸ and with difficulty coasted along it and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. ⁹ After considerable time had gone by, and navigation had become dangerous, and the fast was now over, Paul began to warn them ¹⁰ by saying, "Men, I see that this voyage is likely to be attended by disaster and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives." ¹¹ But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said. ¹² And as the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority favored the plan to set sail from there and see if they could reach Phoenix and winter there, this being a harbor in Crete facing west-southwest and west-north-west. ¹³ When a light breeze from the south began to blow, thinking their purpose was about to be realized, they weighed anchor and coasted along by Crete, hugging the shore, ¹⁴ But it was not long before a violent wind, which is called a Northeaster, swept down from it. ¹⁵ The ship was snatched along by it and since she could not face the wind, we gave up and let her drive. ¹⁶ As we passed under the lee of a small island called Cauda, with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat. ¹⁷ After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and since they were afraid of being stranded on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the sail and let her drift. ¹⁸ The next day, because we were so violently beaten by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard, ¹⁹ and on the next day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard. ²⁰ For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage, until at last all hope of being saved was now vanishing, ²¹ After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss. ²² Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship. ²³ For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side ²⁴ and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before the Emperor; and listen! God has graciously given to you the lives of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵ So keep up your courage, men, for I have confidence in my God that it will all come out just as I was told. ²⁶ And yet we must be stranded on some island." ²⁷ It was now the fourteenth night and we were drifting on the Adriatic sea, when at midnight the sailors suspected that land was near. ²⁸ On taking soundings they found a depth of twenty fathoms; and a little later again taking soundings, they found it was fifteen. ²⁹ Since they were afraid of our going on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and kept wishing for daylight to come. ³⁰ Although the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow, ³¹ Paul said to the colonel and his soldiers, "Unless these sailors remain on the ship, you cannot be saved." ³² Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the boat and let it drift away. ³³ Until day was about to break Paul kept begging them all to take something to eat. He said, "For fourteen days today you have been constantly waiting and going without food, not even taking a bite. ³⁴ So I beg you to eat something, for it is necessary for your safety. For not a hair will be lost from the head of a single one of you." ³⁵ After saying this he took some bread and thanked God for it before them all; then he broke it in pieces and began to eat it. ³⁶ Then they all were cheered and took something to eat themselves. ³⁷ There were 276 of us on the ship. ³⁸ When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea. ³⁹ When day broke, they could not recognize the land, but they spied a bay that had a beach, and determined, if possible, to run the ship ashore. ⁴⁰ So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea; at the same time they undid the ropes of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the breeze they headed for the beach. ⁴¹ But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves. ⁴² The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, to keep any of them from swimming ashore and escaping, ⁴³ but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow, ⁴⁴ some on planks and others on various bits of the ship. And thus they all got safely to land.

²⁵ So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

⁵ When He got back to Capernaum, a Roman military captain came up to Him and kept begging Him, ⁶ "Lord, my servant-boy is at home bedridden with paralysis and suffering terrible tortures!" ⁷ He said to him, "I will come and cure him." ⁸ But the captain answered, "I am not fit for you to come under my roof, but simply speak the word, and my servant-boy will be cured. ⁹ For I, too, am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order this one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave-boy to do this, and he does it." ¹⁰ When Jesus heard it, He was astounded, and said to His followers, "I solemnly say to you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this.

²⁴ And suddenly a furious storm came up, so that the boat was being covered over by the bursting billows, but He kept on sleeping.

²⁴ And suddenly a furious storm came up, so that the boat was being covered over by the bursting billows, but He kept on sleeping. ²⁵ So they went to Him and woke Him up, and said, "Lord, save us; we are going down!"

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and the heathen.

²⁸ You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

³⁰ Even the very hairs on your head have all been counted by God.

²¹ "A curse on you, Chorazin! A curse on you, Bethsaida! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁹ After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

²⁴ but the boat was already a long way from shore, and was being tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.

³² Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

³⁶ and He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks; then He broke them in pieces, and kept giving the pieces to the disciples, and they to the crowds.

²⁶ For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

²⁹ "And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

⁵⁴ And the army captain and his men, who were keeping guard over Jesus, who felt the earthquake and saw all that was taking place, were terribly frightened, and said, "Surely this was God's Son."

³⁷ But a furious squall of wind came up, and the waves were dashing over into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

⁴⁸ And because He saw that they were struggling at the oars, for the wind was against them, a while before daybreak He started toward them walking on the sea, and He meant to go right up beside them.

² "My heart goes out in pity for these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat. ³ And if I send them home hungry, they will give out on the road, for some of them are a long way from home."

⁶ So He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to His disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

³⁵ For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life. ³⁶ For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and fail to gain the higher life? ³⁷ For what price can a man give to buy back life?

¹⁵ So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, but after having Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified. ¹⁶ Then the soldiers led Him away to a place inside the court yard, that is, of the governor's palace, and they called the whole battalion together. ¹⁷ And they dressed Him in a purple robe and made a crown of thorns and crowned Him with it, ¹⁸ and they began to shout at Him, "All hail, you king of the Jews!" ¹⁹ And they kept hitting Him on the head with a stick, and kept spitting on Him, and on bending knees they kept doing Him homage. ²⁰ When they had finished making sport of Him, they took off the purple robe and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him out of the city to crucify Him.

³⁴ But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no husband?" ³⁵ Then the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so your child will be called holy, the Son of God.

⁴⁵ Blessed is she who has believed, for what is promised to her by the Lord will be fulfilled."

⁹ Then he took Him to Jerusalem, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here, ¹⁰ for the Scripture says, 'He will give His angels directions about you, to protect you,' ¹¹ and, 'They will bear you up on their hands, so that you will never strike your foot against a stone.'" ¹² And Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

² There was a Roman captain who had a slave that was very dear to him, and he was sick and at the point of death,

²² One day He got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

²⁴ For whoever chooses to save his lower life will lose his higher life, but whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will save his higher life. ²⁵ For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

⁷ Yes, the very hairs on your heads have all been counted by God! Stop being afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

⁵⁵ And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It is going to be very hot,' and so it is.

⁸ And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he acted with shrewd business sense, for the men of the world act with more business sense toward their fellows than the men who enjoy spiritual light.

¹⁸ And yet not a single hair on your head will perish.

⁴⁰ But the other one reproved him and said, "Do you not fear even God when you are suffering the same penalty? ⁴¹ And we are suffering it justly, for we are getting our deserts for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."

⁴⁷ When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"

³⁰ And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

²³ Other boats from Tiberias had landed near the place where the people ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

³⁷ All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never, no, never reject anyone who comes to me,

³⁹ Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day. ⁴⁰ For it is my Father's will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the last day."

⁹ Jesus answered, "Does not the day have twelve hours? If a man travels in the daytime, he does not stumble, for he can see the light of this world;

²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

⁹ I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world now, but only for those whom you have given me, because they are yours -- ¹⁰ really, all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine -- and I have been glorified through them.

⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, of Judea and Cappadocia, of Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ of Phrygia and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Libya around Cyrene, transient dwellers from Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs -- we hear them all alike telling in our own tongues the great wonders of God."

⁴¹ So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.

⁴⁶ Day after day they regularly attended the temple; they practiced breaking their bread together in their homes, and eating their food with glad and simple hearts, ⁴⁷ constantly praising God and always having the favor of all the people. And every day the Lord continued to add to them the people who were being saved.

³⁶ Now Joseph, a Levite, a native of Cyprus, who by the apostles was named Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement,

¹⁹ But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

⁹ But members of the synagogue known as that of the Libyans, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, got to debating with Stephen,

¹⁴ Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his kinsmen, seventy-five in all;

²⁶ Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south by the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is the desert road."

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

¹ Now at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a colonel in what was known as the Italian regiment,

²² They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."

¹⁹ Now the fugitives from the persecution that started over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message to none but Jews. ²⁰ But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who on reaching Antioch began to speak to the Greeks too, and proceeded to tell them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

⁸ Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!" ⁹ So he kept following him out, but he was not conscious that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was dreaming it. ¹⁰ They passed the first guard, then the second, and at last came to the iron gate which led into the city. The gate of itself opened to them, and they passed out and proceeded one block when all at once the angel left him. ¹¹ Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I really know that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting to do to me."

¹⁹ Herod had search made for him, and when he could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he left Judea for Caesarea, and stayed there. ²⁰ Now Herod cherished a bitter grudge against the people of Tyre and Sidon. So in a united body they came to meet him, and after winning the favor of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended for its food supply upon the king's country.

²³ But the angel of the Lord at once struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; he was eaten by worms, and so died.

⁴ So, as they were sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from that port sailed away to Cyprus.

¹³ Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and crossed over to Perga in Pamphylia. Here John quit them and returned to Jerusalem,

²³ They sent this letter by them: "The apostles and elders as brothers send greeting to the brothers from among the heathen in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

³⁸ Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work. ³⁹ The disagreement was so sharp that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

⁴¹ He journeyed on through Syria and Cilicia and continued to strengthen the churches.

⁹ There Paul had a vision one night: a man from Macedonia kept standing and pleading with him in these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" ¹⁰ As soon as he had this vision, we laid our plans to get off to Macedonia, because we confidently concluded that God had called us to tell them the good news.

¹⁰ As soon as he had this vision, we laid our plans to get off to Macedonia, because we confidently concluded that God had called us to tell them the good news. ¹¹ So we sailed away from Troy and struck a bee line for Samothrace, and the next day on to Neapolis. ¹² From there we went on to Philippi, a Roman colony, the leading town in that part of Macedonia. In this town we stayed some days. ¹³ On the sabbath we went outside the gate, to the bank of the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to talk with the women who had met there.

¹⁷ This girl kept following Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, and they are proclaiming to you a way of salvation."

¹ Now they traveled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia until they reached Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue.

² There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had issued an edict for all Jews to leave Rome. So Paul paid them a visit,

⁹ One night in a vision the Lord said to Paul, "Stop being afraid, go on speaking, never give up;

⁹ One night in a vision the Lord said to Paul, "Stop being afraid, go on speaking, never give up; ¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one is going to attack you so as to injure you, because I have many people in this city."

²⁴ Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, a learned man, and skillful in the use of the Scriptures.

¹⁹ Many people who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them up before the public gaze. They estimated the price of them and found it to be ten thousand dollars.

²¹ After these events had been brought to a close, Paul under the guidance of the Spirit decided to pass through Macedonia and Greece on his way to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have gone there I must see Rome too."

²⁹ So the whole city was thrown into confusion and with one impulse the people rushed into the theatre and dragged with them two Macedonians, Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions.

⁴ He had as companions Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. ⁵ They went on to Troas and waited there for us,

¹⁵ On the next day we sailed from there and arrived off Chios. On the next day we crossed to Samos, and the next we reached Miletus. ¹⁶ For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to lose any time in the province of Asia; for he was eager, if possible, to reach Jerusalem by Pentecost.

¹ When we had torn ourselves away from them, we struck a bee line for Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ² There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, and so we went aboard and sailed away. ³ After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed on for Syria, and put in at Tyre, for the ship was to unload her cargo there.

³ After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed on for Syria, and put in at Tyre, for the ship was to unload her cargo there.

⁵ But when our time was up, we left there and went on, and all of them with their wives and children accompanied us out of town. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed;

¹⁶ Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and took us to the house of Mnason, a man from Cyprus, one of the early disciples, to spend the night.

³² So he at once got together some soldiers and captains and hurried down against them, but as soon as they saw the colonel and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

³⁹ Paul answered, "I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Please let me speak to the people."

³ "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in this city, and carefully educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, as all of you are today.

²⁶ When the captain heard that, he went to the colonel and reported it. Then he asked him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."

¹⁰ Since the dispute kept growing hotter and hotter, the colonel became alarmed that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, and so ordered the army to march down and take him out of their hands and bring him back to the barracks. ¹¹ But that same night the Lord stood by Paul's side and said, "Courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, you must testify for me in Rome, too."

¹⁷ So Paul called one of the captains and said, "Take this young man to the colonel, for he has something to tell him."

²⁴ He further told them to provide horses for Paul to ride, so as to bring him in safety to Felix, the governor, to whom

²³ He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.

¹¹ If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I am not begging to keep from dying, but if there is nothing in the charges which these men make against me, no one can give me up as a favor to them. I appeal to the emperor." ¹² Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered, "To the emperor you have appealed, to the emperor you shall go!"

²⁵ But I found that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die; however, as he has himself appealed to his Majesty, I have decided to send him up.

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they turned over Paul and some other prisoners to a colonel of the imperial regiment, named Julius.

³ The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius kindly permitted Paul to visit his friends and enjoy their attentions. ⁴ After setting sail from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us,

⁶ There the colonel found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board her. ⁷ For a number of days we sailed on slowly and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind did not permit us to go on, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone, ⁸ and with difficulty coasted along it and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea. ⁹ After considerable time had gone by, and navigation had become dangerous, and the fast was now over, Paul began to warn them ¹⁰ by saying, "Men, I see that this voyage is likely to be attended by disaster and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives." ¹¹ But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said. ¹² And as the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority favored the plan to set sail from there and see if they could reach Phoenix and winter there, this being a harbor in Crete facing west-southwest and west-north-west. ¹³ When a light breeze from the south began to blow, thinking their purpose was about to be realized, they weighed anchor and coasted along by Crete, hugging the shore,

¹⁶ As we passed under the lee of a small island called Cauda, with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat. ¹⁷ After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and since they were afraid of being stranded on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the sail and let her drift. ¹⁸ The next day, because we were so violently beaten by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard, ¹⁹ and on the next day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard.

¹⁹ and on the next day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard. ²⁰ For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage, until at last all hope of being saved was now vanishing, ²¹ After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss.

²¹ After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss.

²¹ After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss.

²¹ After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss. ²² Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

²² Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

²² Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

²² Even now I beg you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship. ²³ For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side

²³ For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side ²⁴ and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before the Emperor; and listen! God has graciously given to you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

²⁴ and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before the Emperor; and listen! God has graciously given to you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

²⁴ and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before the Emperor; and listen! God has graciously given to you the lives of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵ So keep up your courage, men, for I have confidence in my God that it will all come out just as I was told.

²⁵ So keep up your courage, men, for I have confidence in my God that it will all come out just as I was told. ²⁶ And yet we must be stranded on some island."

²⁶ And yet we must be stranded on some island."

²⁶ And yet we must be stranded on some island." ²⁷ It was now the fourteenth night and we were drifting on the Adriatic sea, when at midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.

²⁷ It was now the fourteenth night and we were drifting on the Adriatic sea, when at midnight the sailors suspected that land was near. ²⁸ On taking soundings they found a depth of twenty fathoms; and a little later again taking soundings, they found it was fifteen. ²⁹ Since they were afraid of our going on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and kept wishing for daylight to come.

²⁹ Since they were afraid of our going on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and kept wishing for daylight to come.

²⁹ Since they were afraid of our going on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and kept wishing for daylight to come. ³⁰ Although the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow,

³⁰ Although the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow, ³¹ Paul said to the colonel and his soldiers, "Unless these sailors remain on the ship, you cannot be saved." ³² Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the boat and let it drift away. ³³ Until day was about to break Paul kept begging them all to take something to eat. He said, "For fourteen days today you have been constantly waiting and going without food, not even taking a bite. ³⁴ So I beg you to eat something, for it is necessary for your safety. For not a hair will be lost from the head of a single one of you."

³⁴ So I beg you to eat something, for it is necessary for your safety. For not a hair will be lost from the head of a single one of you." ³⁵ After saying this he took some bread and thanked God for it before them all; then he broke it in pieces and began to eat it. ³⁶ Then they all were cheered and took something to eat themselves. ³⁷ There were 276 of us on the ship. ³⁸ When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

⁴⁰ So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea; at the same time they undid the ropes of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the breeze they headed for the beach. ⁴¹ But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.

⁴¹ But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.

⁴¹ But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves. ⁴² The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, to keep any of them from swimming ashore and escaping,

⁴² The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, to keep any of them from swimming ashore and escaping, ⁴³ but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,

⁴³ but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,

⁴³ but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow, ⁴⁴ some on planks and others on various bits of the ship. And thus they all got safely to land.

⁴⁴ some on planks and others on various bits of the ship. And thus they all got safely to land.

¹ After we had been rescued, we learned that the island was called Malta. ² Now the natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they made us a fire and welcomed us to it because of the downpouring rain and the cold.

¹⁰ They also honored us with many presents, and when we set sail, they supplied us with everything that we needed. ¹¹ Three months later, we set sail in an Alexandrian ship named The Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island. ¹² We landed at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

¹⁶ When we did arrive at Rome, Paul was granted permission to live by himself -- excepting a soldier to guard him.

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,

⁹ Indeed, my witness is God, whom I serve in my spirit by telling the good news about His Son, that I never fail to mention you every time I pray,

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who trusts, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

²⁰ and yet he never staggered in doubt at the promise of God but grew powerful in faith, because he gave the glory to God ²¹ in full assurance that He was able to do what He had promised.

²² But now, since you have been freed from sin and have become the slaves of God, the immediate result is consecration, and the final destiny is eternal life.

¹ Everybody must obey the civil authorities that are over him, for no authority exists except by God's permission; the existing authorities have been established by Him,

⁶ The man who keeps a certain day keeps it for the Lord. The man who eats anything does it for the Lord too, for he gives God thanks. The man who refuses to eat anything does it for the Lord too, and gives God thanks.

²² This is the reason why I have so often been prevented from coming to see you. ²³ But now, as there are no more places for me to occupy in this part of the world, and as I have for many years been longing to come to see you, ²⁴ when I make my trip to Spain, I certainly hope to see you on my way there and to be helped forward by you, after I have enjoyed being with you awhile. ²⁵ But just now I am on my way to Jerusalem to help God's people. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Greece were delighted to make a contribution to the poor among God's people in Jerusalem. ²⁷ They certainly were delighted to do it, and they really are under obligation to them, for if the heathen peoples have shared in their spiritual blessings, they ought to serve them in material blessings. ²⁸ So, after I have finished this matter and made sure of the results of this contribution for them, I shall come by you on my way to Spain. ²⁹ And I feel sure that when I do come to you, I shall come with Christ's abundant blessing on me.

²⁰ for you have been bought and actually paid for. So you must honor God with your bodies.

³⁰ If I give thanks and thus partake of food, why am I to be blamed for that for which I give thanks? ³¹ So if you eat or drink or do anything else, do everything to honor God.

⁴ who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God. ⁵ For just as my sufferings for Christ are running over the cup, so through Christ my comfort is running over too. ⁶ If I am in sorrow, it is on behalf of your comfort and salvation; if I am comforted, it is for the comfort that is experienced by you in your patient endurance of the same sort of sufferings that I am enduring too.

⁸ For I do not want you to be uninformed about the sorrow that I suffered in Asia, because I was so crushed beyond any power to endure that I was in dire despair of life itself. ⁹ Yes, I felt within my very self the sentence of death, to keep me from depending on myself instead of God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He saved me from a death so horrible, and He will save me again! He it is on whom I have set my hope that He will still save me,

⁸ On every side I am ever hard-pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair; ⁹ always being persecuted, but not deserted; always getting a knockdown, but never a knockout;

²⁵ three times I have been beaten by the Romans, once I was pelted with stones; three times I have been shipwrecked, and once I have spent a day and a night adrift at sea.

²⁵ three times I have been beaten by the Romans, once I was pelted with stones; three times I have been shipwrecked, and once I have spent a day and a night adrift at sea. ²⁶ I have served Him on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the heathen, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers at sea, dangers from false brothers,

²¹ After that I went into the districts of Syria and Cilicia.

¹² At that time you were without any connection with Christ; you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the sacred compacts made by God's promise, with no hope, and no God in the world.

⁵ Keep on fostering the same disposition that Christ Jesus had.

⁷ But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss.

⁷ But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss. ⁸ Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ

⁸ Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ ⁹ and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith.

¹⁰ Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas; if he comes to see you, give him a hearty welcome.

¹³ Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope.

¹³ We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth, ¹⁴ and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ who forbid people to marry and teach them to abstain from certain sorts of food which God created for the grateful enjoyment of those who have faith and a clear knowledge of the truth. ⁴ For everything in God's creation is good, and nothing is to be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving;

²³ Stop drinking water only, but take a little wine to strengthen your stomach and relieve its frequent attacks.

³ I thank God, whom I worship, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as I ceaselessly remember you in my prayers. Because I remember the tears you shed for me, I am always longing night and day

⁸ So you must never be ashamed of me His prisoner, but suffer for the good news in fellowship with me and by the power of God.

¹² This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

²⁴ and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

¹⁶ When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account. ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

¹ Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to stimulate faith in God's chosen people and to lead them on to a full knowledge of religious truth,

⁵ I left you in Crete for this express purpose, to set in order the things that are lacking, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you --

¹² One of them, a prophet of their own countrymen, has said, "Cretans are always liars, wicked brutes, lazy bellies."

¹⁴ who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works.

²⁴ So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow-workers.

¹⁴ Are not the angels all attending spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who are going to be unceasing possessors of salvation?

¹⁹ This hope we have as an anchor for our souls, secure and safe, which reaches up behind the heavenly veil,

⁷ By faith Noah, on being divinely warned about things not seen as yet, in reverence prepared an ark for saving his family, and by his faith condemned the world and became possessor of the uprightness that results from faith.

¹ Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

²⁴ Remember us to all your leaders and to all the Christians. The Christians from Italy wish to be remembered to you.

⁴ Look at ships, too; though great and driven by violent winds, they are steered with a tiny rudder wherever the pilot pleases.

¹⁶ So practice confessing your sins to one another, and praying for one another, that you may be cured. An upright man's prayer, when it keeps at work, is very powerful.

⁹ But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once His mercy had not been shown you, but now it has.

²⁰ who had once been disobedient, while God's patience was awaiting in the days when Noah was preparing an ark, in which a few people-- eight, to be exact -- were brought safely through the water.

¹⁶ but if anyone suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but should keep on praising God for bearing this name.

¹⁸ And if it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful?

¹⁷ So when I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He laid His right hand upon me and said: "Do not be afraid any more. I am the First and the Last;

⁵ If anyone wants to injure them, fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to injure them, he must himself be killed in that way. ⁶ They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall upon the earth as long as they prophesy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with any plague as often as they please. ⁷ Then, when they have finished testifying, the wild beast that is coming up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

¹⁷ because in a single hour a wealth so vast has been destroyed!' All ship pilots and all who travel by sea, sailors and seafaring men, stood a long way off

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear this testimony to you for the churches. I belong to the line and family of David; I am the bright morning star."