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2 Corinthians 2 12-2 Corinthians 2 13
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord opened a door for me,I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.
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Acts 26:13
King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.
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Acts 21:1-18
After we tore ourselves away from them, we set sail straight for Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded and set sail.After we sighted Cyprus, passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, since the ship was to unload its cargo there.We sought out the disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.When our time had come to an end, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,we said farewell to one another and boarded the ship, and they returned home.When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said,“ This is what the Holy Spirit says:‘ In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.’”When we heard this, both we and the local people pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.Then Paul replied,“ What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except,“ The Lord’s will be done.”After this we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters welcomed us warmly.The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
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Proverbs 3:27-28
When it is in your power, don’t withhold good from the one to whom it belongs.Don’t say to your neighbor,“ Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it tomorrow”— when it is there with you.
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Psalms 119:60
I hurried, not hesitating to keep your commands.
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Acts 14:7
There they continued preaching the gospel.
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Acts 27:1-28:16
When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.When we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast of Cyprus because the winds were against us.After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.Sailing slowly for many days, with difficulty we arrived off Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.With still more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Day of Atonement was already over, Paul gave his adviceand told them,“ Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward disaster and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.But before long, a fierce wind called the“ northeaster” rushed down from the island.Since the ship was caught and unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.After hoisting it up, they used ropes and tackle and girded the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the drift-anchor, and in this way they were driven along.Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope was fading that we would be saved.Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said,“ You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship.For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by meand said,‘ Don’t be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.’So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.But we have to run aground on some island.”When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and about midnight the sailors thought they were approaching land.They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet deep.Then, fearing we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“ Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away.When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying,“ Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and after he broke it, he began to eat.They all were encouraged and took food themselves.In all there were 276 of us on the ship.When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.After cutting loose 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.But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.Once safely ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.The local people showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another,“ This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.They expected that he would begin to swell up or suddenly drop dead. After they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.Publius’s father was in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, and praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him.After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Gods as its figurehead.Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days.From there, after making a circuit along the coast, we reached Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and the second day we came to Puteoli.There we found brothers and sisters and were invited to stay a week with them. And so we came to Rome.Now the brothers and sisters from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
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Acts 16:10-17
After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“ If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.As she followed Paul and us she cried out,“ These men, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.”
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Acts 20:13-15
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul on board, because these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went on to Mitylene.Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and the day after, we came to Miletus.
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Acts 10:29
That’s why I came without any objection when I was sent for. So may I ask why you sent for me?”
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Acts 20:5-8
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,but we sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight.There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled,
