Acts 28:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² And docking at Syracuse [i.e., a town on the eastern shore of Sicily], we stayed there three days.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² We landed at Syracuse and remained there three days,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

Common English Bible

¹² We landed in Syracuse where we stayed three days.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And when we had arrived at Syracuse, we were delayed there for three days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And when we were come to Syracusa, we tarried there three days.

Acts 28:12 Cross References

Acts 21:7

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais and greeted the brothers there, then stayed with them for a day.

Acts 27:2

We boarded a ship [originating] from Adramyttium which was ready to sail [from here in Caesarea], heading out to sea for parts of the coast of [the province of] Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us.

Acts 28:11

After three months we set sail on a ship that had spent the winter on the island [of Melita]. This ship had originated from Alexandria and was designated as “Twin Brothers” [Note: The ship may have been named this because of its prow containing the figures of the mythical twin gods of sailors, Castor and Pollux].

Acts 28:13

From there we sailed around [and then north] until we arrived at Rhegium [i.e., a town on the “toe” of Italy]. The next day a south wind began blowing, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli [i.e., a town about half-way to Rome],