Thematic Bible: Sails


Thematic Bible



When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment. We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us. The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself. read more.
Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us; and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia.

When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment. Verse ConceptsCenturionRoman Emperorssailing

By this time the season was far advanced, and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past); so Paul began to warn them. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAtonementLossFasting RegularlyTime Passingsailing


After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to. Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

They cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, and unloosing at the same time the ropes that tied the rudders, they hoisted the foresail to the breeze, and headed for the beach. Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing