Acts 27

Treated in 9 passages across the library.

  • 27:23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, 3
  • 27:44 and the rest, some on planks, and some on [other] things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land. 2
  • 27:4 And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 1
  • 27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but [only] of the ship. 1
  • 27:24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee. 1
  • 27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. 1

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  1. 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 o…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites Acts 27:22

    …out their name as evil; (Luke 6:22; ) so that this “sect was everywhere spoken against.” (Acts 27:22.) Men said all manner of evil of them, even as had been done of the prophets that were be…

  3. The Way Into the Holiest · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

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

    …rd 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 …

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Acts 27:23

    …ou 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. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    April cites Acts xxvii. 23

    …efore . . . 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; k…

  6. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    June cites Acts 27:24

    …r 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. 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 wer…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Acts 27: 44

    …nce. 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 o…

  9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Acts 27: 44

    …s 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 iniqui…