Acts 27:1

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and certain other prisoners to the custody of a military officer named Julius, of the Augustan battalion.

Cross References

Acts 25:25

but I found that he had committed nothing which deserved the death [penalty]. And since he himself appealed [his case] to the Emperor, I decided to send him [to Rome].

Acts 25:12

After conferring with his advisors, Festus answered Paul, “[Since] you have appealed to Caesar, then you will go to Caesar.”

Acts 10:1

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was [a military man] in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the “battalion of Italy.”

Acts 27:11

But the military officer paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul was saying.

Acts 18:2

There he met a certain Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, [in northern Asia Minor] who, with his wife Priscilla, had recently come from Rome, because Claudius [the Roman Emperor] had ordered all Jews out of that city. Paul met this couple

Hebrews 13:24

Greet all of those who are your leaders, and all the saints [i.e., God’s holy people]. Those [brothers] from Italy send you their greetings.

Acts 28:16

When we entered Rome [itself] Paul was permitted to live alone except for a soldier who guarded him.

Acts 27:43

But the military officer, wanting to save Paul [from being killed], prevented them from doing this. [Instead] he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard and be the first to reach land.

Acts 27:6

There Julius, the military officer, arranged [passage] for us on a ship, [originating] from Alexandria, [and] bound for Italy, and put us on board.

Acts 24:23

So, he ordered his officer to keep Paul in custody, yet with some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to his needs.

Acts 23:17

So, Paul called for one of the officers and said [to him], “Take this young man to the commander; he has something [important] to tell him.”

Acts 23:11

The next night the Lord stood beside Paul [in a supernatural dream] and said, “Take courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also be my witness in Rome.”

Acts 22:26

When the officer heard this, he [immediately] went and told the commander, saying, “What are you going to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

Acts 21:32

So, immediately he rushed down on the people with his soldiers and officers, and when the mob saw the commander and his soldiers [coming], they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 19:21

After these things happened Paul decided to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. He said, “Then, after I have been there I want to visit Rome also.”

Acts 16:10

After seeing [the man in] the vision, we immediately made every effort to go to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news [about Jesus] to the people there. [Note: This is first use of “we” and “us” in the book of Acts and indicates that Luke, the writer of Acts, joined the party at this point. See 1:1 with Luke 1:1-3].

Acts 10:22

They said, “Cornelius, a [military] man in charge of one hundred soldiers, [and] a man who does what is right, [and] who respects God and who has a good reputation among all the Jews [who know him], was urged by God through a holy angel to have you come to his house so he could hear you speak [about salvation, See 11:14].”

Luke 23:47

And when the military officer in charge of one hundred men saw what had happened, he honored God [by] saying, “Certainly this man had [always] done what was right.”

Luke 7:2

And a certain military officer’s slave [was there], whom the officer highly valued. This slave was [so] sick that he was about to die.

Matthew 27:54

Now when the military man in charge, and those with him who were watching Jesus, saw [and felt] the earthquake and the [other] things that happened, they became extremely fearful, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Acts 28:1

After we escaped [from the sinking ship] we became aware that the island [on which we had landed] was Melita [i.e., present-day Malta].