Acts 27

Treated in 13 passages across the library.

  • 27:44 and the rest to come after them, some on boards and others on wreckage from the ship. So it was that all of them came safely to land. 4
  • 27:23 For during this night an angel came and stood beside me, an angel of the God whose I am and whom I worship. 3
  • 27:1 Once our voyage to Italy had been decided, they placed Paul and a number of other prisoners in the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Augustan cohort. 1
  • 27:4 Putting out from there, we sailed on the sheltered side of Cyprus, because the winds were against us. 1
  • 27:24 He told me, 'Paul, do not be afraid. You are to appear before Caesar. And look: God has granted you everyone who is on board with you.' 1
  • 27:27 It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting this way and that across the sea of Adria. Around midnight the crew started to suspect that land was coming near. 1
  • 27:31 But Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, "If these men do not stay on board, there is no way for you to be saved." 1
  • 27:33 While they waited for daybreak, Paul kept encouraging all of them to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have kept watch without eating, taking nothing at all. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth · Ochorus Originals

    The Great Storm cites Acts 27:1–26

    …be easy. He said God had promised, and God would keep His promise. Read it in your Bible: Acts 27:1–26 Dear God, when I am in a storm and everything seems hopeless, help me to believe you…

  2. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites Acts xxvii. 4

    …meditation, and temptation.” St. Paul, in his voyage to Rome, met with a contrary wind (Acts xxvii. 4). So the wind of temptation is a contrary wind to that of the Spirit; but God makes use…

  3. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    April cites Acts xxvii. 23

    …. . . be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Acts xxvii. 23, 24, 25. An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it be not yet performed…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Acts 27:23

    …fallest asleep tonight. April 10 “For there stood by me this night the angel of God.” (Acts 27:23) Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew…

  5. The Way Into the Holiest · F. B. Meyer

    The Glory of Christ's Office cites Acts xxvii. 23

    …flashed through the storm to stand by the hammock where the Apostle Paul was sleeping (Acts xxvii. 23,24). But in the mind of the pious Hebrew the greatest work which the angels ever wrought…

  6. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    June cites Acts 27:24

    …Master. We must be able to say: “Whose I am, and Whom I serve.” The Prayer of Faith. In Acts 27:24 the R.V. rendering is “granted.” It signifies that Paul had asked and God had granted his…

  7. Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth · Ochorus Originals

    Shipwreck! cites Acts 27:27–44

    …people through. “In this way everyone was brought safely to land.” Read it in your Bible: Acts 27:27–44 Dear God, thank you that you kept your promise and brought everyone safely to land. Thank…

  8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Perseverance cites Acts 27:31

    …and pray.’ Matt 26:41. As Paul said, ‘Except ye abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.’ Acts 27:31 1: Believers shall come to shore at last, arrive at heaven; but ‘except they abide in the…

  9. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 7 cites Acts 27:33

    …“continued fasting, having taken nothing,” no regular meal, for fourteen days together. (Acts 27:33.) And thus David, and all the men that were with him, when they heard that the people…

  10. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Acts 27: 44

    …He brought Paul to shore by a contrary wind, and upon the broken pieces of the ship. Acts 27: 44. When are the times and seasons that God usually delivers his people out of the bondage…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Acts 27: 44

    …wind, which, though it broke the ship, it brought Paul to shore upon the broken pieces. Acts 27: 44. (8) God shows mercy in pardoning us, ‘Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth…

  12. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The Great Gathering cites Acts xxvii. 44

    …on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship,—all will get safe to shore at last." (Acts xxvii. 44.) The great waters and raging waves shall swallow none of God's elect. When the sun rises…

  13. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Wisdom of God cites Acts 27:44

    …the ship must break, and they all came safe to land upon the broken pieces of the ship. Acts 27:44. In reference to the church, God often goes by contrary means, and makes the enemy do his…