TOPICAL BIBLE
Paul
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Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.Acts 26:12In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.Acts 26:13About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.Acts 26:14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’Acts 26:15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.Acts 26:16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themActs 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’Acts 27:1When 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.Acts 27:2We 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.Acts 27:3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.Acts 27:4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.Acts 27:5And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.Acts 27:6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.Acts 27:7After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.Acts 27:8After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.Acts 27:9By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,Acts 27:10“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”Acts 27:11But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.Acts 27:12Since 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.Acts 27:13When 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.Acts 27:14But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.Acts 27:15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.Acts 27:16Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.Acts 27:17After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.Acts 27:21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.Acts 27:22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside meActs 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.Acts 27:26However, we must run aground on some island.”Acts 27:27On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.Acts 27:28They 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.Acts 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.Acts 27:30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”Acts 27:32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.Acts 27:33Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”Acts 27:35After 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.Acts 27:36They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.Acts 27:37In all, there were 276 of us on board.Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.Acts 27:39When 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.Acts 27:40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.Acts 27:41But 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.Acts 27:42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.Acts 27:43But 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.Acts 27:44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.Acts 28:1Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.Acts 28:2The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.Acts 28:3Paul 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.Acts 28:4When 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.”Acts 28:5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.Acts 28:6The 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.