Reference: Ships And Boats
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SHIPS AND BOATS
1. In OT and Apocrypha
(1) Among the Israelites.
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Once more he proceeded to teach by the seaside, and a crowd gathered round him greater than ever, so he entered a boat on the sea and sat down, while all the crowd stayed on shore.
two boats on the shore of the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
As there was a bitter feud between him and the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon, they waited on him unanimously, and after conciliating the royal chamberlain Blastus they made overtures for peace, as their country depended for its food-supply upon the royal territory.
There the officer found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.
By this time it was far on in the season and sailing had become dangerous (for the autumn Fast was past), so Paul warned them thus:
Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we managed with great difficulty to get the boat hauled in; once it was hoisted aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and in fear of being stranded on the Syrtis they lowered the sail and lay to.
once it was hoisted aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and in fear of being stranded on the Syrtis they lowered the sail and lay to.
Then, afraid of being stranded on the rocks, they let go four anchors from the stern and longed for daylight.
(there were about seventy-six souls of us on board, all told); and when they had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
So the anchors were cut away and left in the sea, while the crew unlashed the ropes that tied the rudders, hoisted the foresail to the breeze, and headed for the beach.
So the anchors were cut away and left in the sea, while the crew unlashed the ropes that tied the rudders, hoisted the foresail to the breeze, and headed for the beach.
We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.
We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.
We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.
Then tacking round we reached Rhegium; next day a south wind sprang up which brought us in a day to Puteoli,
three times I have been beaten by the Romans, once pelted with stones, three times shipwrecked, adrift at sea for a whole night and day;
(Every house is founded by someone, but God is the founder of all.)
anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil.