13 occurrences

'Sea' in the Bible

He is a guest of Simon, a leatherworker, whose house is by the sea."

Verse ConceptsLeatherArts And Crafts, Types ofOccupationsSeashores

so send messengers to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, to come to you. He is a guest in the home of Simon, a leatherworker, by the sea.'

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

After boarding a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the ports on the coast of Asia, we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.

Verse ConceptsShipsThe NavySea Travel

We sailed along the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and reached Myra in Lycia.

Verse ConceptsProvincessailing

Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor that faces southwest and northwest.

Verse ConceptsWinterHarborsCompassessailing

It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.

Verse ConceptsMonotonySeaMidnightTen Or More Dayssailing

Meanwhile, the sailors had begun trying to escape from the ship. They lowered the lifeboat into the sea and pretended that they were going to lay out the anchors from the bow.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsMarinersBoatsServants, BadPretendingEscaping EvilIn FrontPutting Things DownColorsailing

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

So they cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars, raised the foresail to the wind, and headed for the beach.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing

When the people who lived there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they told one another, "This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but Justice won't let him live."

Verse ConceptsBarbariansUncharitablenessHow Death Is InevitableEscaping EvilJudged As Murderers

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