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Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingNot Writing

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleHeresiesJudaismSectsStrictness

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfPreaching, Content OfProof, As EvidenceRepentance, Nature OfRevelation, Responses ToUrgencyPreaching Gospel To ForeignersRepentance And ForgivenessSigns Of RepentanceWorks Of FaithRepentancedamascusevangelising

and after leaving the room, as they continued to talk the matter over together, they said, "This man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."

After going on board an Adramyttian ship bound for the ports of Asia, we set sail. On board with us was Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

Verse ConceptsShipsThe NavySea Travel

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

Verse ConceptsKindnessCourtesyShipsThe Next DayChristians Are Called Friends

After setting sail from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the wind was against us,

Verse Conceptssailing

and after sailing the whole length of the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.

Verse ConceptsProvincessailing

After making our way along the coast [of Crete] with difficulty, we arrived at a place called Fair Harbors [i.e., the principal seaport of the island], which was near the town of Lasea.

Verse ConceptsHarborssailinghugs

After considerable time had gone by, and navigation had become dangerous, and the fast was now over, Paul began to warn them

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAtonementLossFasting RegularlyTime Passingsailing

saying, “Men, I sense [after careful thought and observation] that this voyage will certainly be a disaster and with great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

Verse ConceptsLossWeather ForecastsPossibility Of Deathsailing

And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest

Verse ConceptsWinterHarborsCompassessailing

When a moderate southerly breeze sprang up, they thought they had secured their object, and after weighing anchor they sailed along the coast of Crete, close inshore.

Verse ConceptsFacing South

After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessBoats

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and since they were afraid of being stranded on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the sail and let her drift.

Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

Verse ConceptsStormsThe Next DayBuoyancyAbandoning Things

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

Verse ConceptsFatigueadvisersFasting, Examples OfPay Attention To People!Natural DisastersAbstinencesailing

After taking soundings, they found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later, they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms.

Verse ConceptsdepthDepthingNavigation

After saying this he took some bread and thanked God for it before them all; then he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

Verse ConceptsBreaking Of BreadThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedThanking God For Food

After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping its cargo of wheat into the sea.

Verse ConceptsBuoyancyAbandoning Things

After casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing

After we had been rescued, we learned that the island was called Malta.

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

After that had happened, the rest of the sick people on the island went to him and were healed.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesHealing Through Disciples

After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.

Verse ConceptsIslandsHarbors

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

Verse ConceptsHarborsCompassesThe Next DayFacing South

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofWeeksSeven Days

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Verse ConceptsCustomAncestorsPrisonersPlea Of InnocenceSalvation For Israel

After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementPeople Releasing Others

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsKingdom Of God, Coming OfMorningDealing With Many PeopleFrom Morning Till EveningChrist And The ScripturesStudying The LawWritten In The Prophets

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

Verse ConceptsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfSpeaking By The SpiritNamed Prophets Of The Lord

[After he said these things, the Jews departed, while engaging in a prolonged debate among themselves.]

Verse ConceptsDisputes

After this Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house, and used to receive all who came to see him.

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods