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Acts 27

Acts 27 ( Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)): And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy , they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedon... Mentions: Italy , Adramyttium , Asia , Thessalonica , Sidon . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Antioch 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 6:5 , Acts 11:19 , Acts 11:20 , Acts 11:22 , Acts 11:26 , Acts 11:27 .) Cyprus (island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .) Achaia (region. Referenced in Acts 18:12 , Acts 18:27 , Acts 19:21 , Rom 15:26 , 1 Cor 16:15 .) Cyrene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Cyrene %2C_Libya. Referenced in Matt 27:32 , Mark 15:21 , Luke 23:26 , Acts 2:10 , Acts 11:20 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 27:26 : "Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island."; Acts 27:14 : "But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon."; Acts 27:36 : "Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 27 ( Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)), Acts (New Testament • 28 Chapters), 2 Chronicles 27 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 27 (9 verses)).

Topics, People & Places (36)

Acts 27

99% Chapter

Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy , they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedon... Mentions: Italy , Adramyttium , Asia , Thessalonica , Sidon .

Map of Paul's Voyage to Rome (Acts 27–28)

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IMAGE • maps

Sea voyage from Caesarea through Sidon , Myra , Fair Havens ( Crete ), shipwreck at Malta , and arrival in Rome .

Townsend MacCoun (1899) • The Holy Land in Geography and in History / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Acts

99% New Testament

New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Acts 27:1

99% Verse

Acts Chapter 27, Verse 1

Scripture passage in Acts 27:1

Antioch 1

87% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 36.202°N, 36.162°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 6:5 , Acts 11:19 , Acts 11:20 , Acts 11:22 , Acts 11:26 , Acts 11:27 .

Cyprus

85% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 35.018°N, 33.208°E

island. Referenced in Isa 23:1 , Isa 23:12 , Jer 2:10 , Ezek 27:6 , Acts 4:36 .

Achaia

83% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Athens • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

region. Referenced in Acts 18:12 , Acts 18:27 , Acts 19:21 , Rom 15:26 , 1 Cor 16:15 .

Samaria Ivories — Phoenician Carvings from Ahab's Ivory Palace

IMAGE 83%

IMAGE • archaeology

Intricate openwork ivory plaques with Egyptianizing motifs from the royal palace at Samaria ( 1 Kings 22:39 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Nimrud Ivories — The 'Mona Lisa of Nimrud' & Assyrian Art

IMAGE 82%

IMAGE • archaeology

Phoenician and Syrian ivory carvings captured as booty by the Assyrian empire, parallel to prophetic condemnations.

Phoenician and Syrian Ivory Craftsmen • The British Museum, London CC-BY-SA 4.0

Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles

82% Wiki Topic

Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Cyrene

79% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 32.825°N, 21.858°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene%2C_Libya. Referenced in Matt 27:32 , Mark 15:21 , Luke 23:26 , Acts 2:10 , Acts 11:20 .

Thessalonica

79% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 , Acts 17:11 , Acts 17:13 , Acts 27:2 , Phil 4:16 , 2 Tim 4:10 .

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Acts Part 1 (Chapters 1–12)

VIDEO 79%

VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 1 –12 showing the Risen Jesus empowering his followers with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost , the bold multi-ethnic community in Jerusalem , and early expansion across Judea and Samaria .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License

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Acts Part 2 (Chapters 13–28)

VIDEO 79%

VIDEO • overview

Overview of Acts 13 –28 following Paul's missionary journeys across the Greco-Roman world, the Jerusalem Council uniting Jewish and Gentile believers, trials, and unhindered proclamation in Rome .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License

Asia

79% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 39.230°N, 32.730°E

region. Referenced in Acts 2:9 , Acts 6:9 , Acts 16:6 , Acts 19:10 , Acts 19:22 .

2 Chronicles 27

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2 Chronicles • Chapter 27 (9 verses)

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he ent... Mentions: Jotham , Zadok , Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Ammonites , Jerusalem , Ophel , Ammon .

Crete

78% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 35.171°N, 25.007°E

island. Referenced in Acts 27:7 , Acts 27:12 , Acts 27:13 , Acts 27:21 , Titus 1:5 .

Pamphylia

78% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Perga • 37.005°N, 30.905°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 2:10 , Acts 13:13 , Acts 14:24 , Acts 15:38 , Acts 27:5 (identified with Perga ).

Ephesus

78% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 37.953°N, 27.368°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .

Italy

77% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Rome • 41.900°N, 12.483°E

region. Referenced in Acts 18:2 , Acts 27:1 , Acts 27:6 , Heb 13:24 .

Alexandria

76% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.228°N, 29.957°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:24 , Acts 27:6 , Acts 28:11 .

Field of Blood

75% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Matt 27:8 , Acts 1:19 (identified with Jerusalem ).

ἀγαπητός

agapetos (agapētós) [ag-ap-ay-tos']

G0027 Greek noun neuter 61x

beloved

Primary meaning: beloved. Strong's: beloved. Lexical nuances: beloved (v. M, Pr. , 221); by God: of Christ, Mt 3:17 ; of men, Ro 1:7 ; by Christians, of one another: I Co 4:14 ; freq. as form of address, I Co 10:14 ; opp. to ἐχθρός , Ro 11:28 (v. AR, Eph. , 229; Cremer, 17; MM, VGT , s.v.).

Derivation: from G25 (ἀγαπάω);

Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:

LXX ⇄ H3039

Themes:

theology-proper christology

Key Scripture Passages:

MAT.3.17 ROM.1.7 1CO.4.14 1CO.10.14 ROM.11.28

Adramyttium

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 39.575°N, 26.937°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:2 .

Adriatic Sea

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 42.415°N, 16.373°E

water. Referenced in Acts 27:27 .

Cauda

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 34.844°N, 24.092°E

island; now Gavdos; http://www.creteisland.gr/english/chania/selino/gavdos/. Referenced in Acts 27:16 .

Haran

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 36.864°N, 39.032°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 11:31 , Gen 11:32 , Gen 12:4 , Gen 12:5 , Gen 27:43 , Gen 28:10 .

Cnidus

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 36.685°N, 27.374°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:7 .

Pneumatic Soteriology: Regeneration, Indwelling & Sanctification

73% Wiki Topic

The New Birth, Temple of the Spirit, Fruit of the Spirit, and Union with Christ

Explicit biblical promises of the New Covenant ( Jer 31:33 , Ezek 36:26-27 ) realized at Pentecost ( Acts 2 ) and expounded across Pauline and Johannine theology ( Rom 8:9-11 , Gal 5:16-25 , Titus 3:5 ).

Fair Havens

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 34.921°N, 24.731°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:8 .

Lasea

73% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 34.935°N, 24.809°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:8 .

Lycia

72% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • Patara • 36.275°N, 29.319°E

region. Referenced in Acts 27:5 .

Myra

72% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 36.231°N, 30.011°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:5 .

Phoenix

72% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 35.199°N, 24.081°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:12 .

Salmone

72% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 35.212°N, 26.274°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:7 .

Syrtis

72% Mapped Place

Biblical Place • 31.767°N, 18.506°E

water; from harper; now Sidra. Referenced in Acts 27:17 .

Scripture Passages (24)

Acts 27:26 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 27:14 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

Acts 27:36 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

Acts 27:37 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

Acts 27:18 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

Acts 27:32 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

Acts 27:4 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus , because the winds were contrary.

Acts 27:19 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

Acts 27:6 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy ; and he put us therein.

Acts 27:27 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

Acts 27:15 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Acts 27:23 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Acts 27:38 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

Acts 27:42 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

Acts 27:16 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

Acts 27:31 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 11:27 (KJV)

KJV

And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch .

Acts 26:27 (KJV)

KJV

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

Acts 27:5 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia , we came to Myra , a city of Lycia .

Acts 27:25 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Acts 20:27 (KJV)

KJV

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Acts 27:8 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea .

Acts 27:11 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:13 (KJV)

Acts 27 KJV

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete .

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Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

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