'Island' in the Bible
For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.
When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.
As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control.
After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.
After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the "Heavenly Twins" as its figurehead.
I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
Every island fled away and no mountains could be found.