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Acts 27:26 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. "
Acts 27:26
Verse in Context
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Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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Acts 27:1
"And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band."
Acts 27:2
"And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us."
Acts 27:3
"And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself."
Acts 27:4
"And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary."
Acts 27:5
"And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia."
Acts 27:6
"And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein."
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