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Text -- Acts 27:1-8 (NET)
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Paul and Company Sail for Rome
27:1 When it was decided we would sail to Italy , they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius .
27:2 We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea , accompanied by Aristarchus , a Macedonian from Thessalonica .
27:3 The next day we put in at Sidon , and Julius , treating Paul kindly , allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed .
27:4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
27:5 After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia , we put in at Myra in Lycia .
27:6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy , and he put us aboard it .
27:7 We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus . Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone .
27:8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Crete |
Ship |
Luke |
Ships |
Prisoners |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
FALL |
Julius |
Paul |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Lycia |
Myra |
Italy |
Adramyttium |
Cyprus |
Salmone |
Aristarchus |
Lasea |
Cnidus |
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NET Notes -> Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:4; Act 27:4; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:6; Act 27:6; Act 27:6; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:8; Act 27:8; Act 27:8
NET Notes: Act 27:1 The Augustan Cohort. A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion. There is considerable debate over the identifica...
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NET Notes: Act 27:3 Grk “to go to his friends to be cared for.” The scene is an indication of Christian hospitality.
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NET Notes: Act 27:4 BDAG 1040 s.v. ὑποπλέω states, “sail under the lee of an island, i.e. in such a way that the island protects...
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NET Notes: Act 27:5 Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.
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NET Notes: Act 27:6 Alexandria (modern Alexandria) was a great city of northern Egypt which was a center for grain trade to Rome. Therefore this type of travel connection...
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NET Notes: Act 27:7 Salmone was the name of a promontory on the northeastern corner of the island of Crete. This was about 100 mi (160 km) farther along.
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