Acts 27:20

and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little storm lying on us, from then on all hope was taken away of our being saved.

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In The King James Version

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

In Context

19and on the third [day] we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands,

21And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, “It was necessary, indeed, O men—having listened to me—not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;

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Cross References

Exodus 10:21And YHWH says to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.”

Psalms 107:25And He commands, and appoints a storm, || And it lifts up its billows,

Jeremiah 2:25Withhold your foot from being unshod, || And your throat from thirst, || And you say, It is incurable, || No, for I have loved strangers, and I go after them.

Jonah 1:4And YHWH has cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great storm in the sea, and the ship has reckoned to be broken;

Matthew 8:24and behold, a great storm arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but He was sleeping,

2 Corinthians 11:25three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I have passed a night and a day in the deep;

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:13-21

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was… Read the whole commentary →

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