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- Acts 27:1
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When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
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- Acts 27:2
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We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
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- Acts 27:7
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After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
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- Acts 27:9
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By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
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- Acts 27:11
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But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
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- Acts 27:12
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Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
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- Acts 27:13
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When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
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- Acts 27:14
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But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
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- Acts 27:15
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Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
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- Acts 27:16
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Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
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- Acts 27:18
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We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
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- Acts 27:20
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When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
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- Acts 27:26
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However, we must run aground on some island.”
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- Acts 27:27
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On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
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- Acts 27:28
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They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
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- Acts 27:30
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Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
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- Acts 27:33
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Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
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- Acts 27:35
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After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
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- Acts 27:36
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They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
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- Acts 27:37
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In all, there were 276 of us on board.
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- Acts 27:38
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After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
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- Acts 27:39
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When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
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- Acts 27:41
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But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
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- Acts 27:42
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The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
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- Acts 27:43
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But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
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- Acts 27:44
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The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
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- Acts 28:3
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Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
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- Acts 28:4
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When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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- Acts 28:6
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The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
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- Acts 28:7
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Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
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- Acts 28:8
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The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
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- Acts 28:9
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After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
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- Acts 28:11
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After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
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- Acts 28:16
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When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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- Acts 28:17
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After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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- Acts 28:19
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But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
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- Acts 28:21
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The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
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- Acts 28:22
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But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
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- Acts 28:23
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So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
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- Acts 28:24
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Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
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- Acts 28:25
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They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
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- Acts 28:30
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Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
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- Romans 1:12
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that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
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- Romans 1:13
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I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
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- Romans 1:17
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For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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- Romans 2:2
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And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
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- Romans 2:3
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So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
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- Romans 2:5
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But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
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- Romans 2:8
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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
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- Romans 2:10
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but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
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