Thematic Bible: Sails


Thematic Bible



When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius. And embarking in a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and allowed him to go to his friends and be cared for. read more.
We put out to sea from there and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us. When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

As much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them, Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAtonementLossFasting RegularlyTime Passingsailing


After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables to undergird the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along. Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing