Acts 27:2

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

Cross References

Acts 19:29

The city became full of confusion; they grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s Macedonian traveling companions, and everyone together rushed into the amphitheater.

Philemon 1:24

along with [John] Mark [Note: This shows that Mark was now back in the good graces of Paul. See Acts 15:36-40], Aristarchus, Demas [Note: This man later deserted Paul. See II Tim. 4:10] and Luke, who are [also] my fellow-workers. [Note: These men, unlike Epaphras who was imprisoned with Paul, were free to minister for Christ there in Rome].

Colossians 4:10

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, sends you his greetings, along with Barnabas’ cousin [John] Mark. [See Acts 12:12]. (You have received instructions to welcome Mark if he comes to you).

Acts 28:16

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

Acts 28:12

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

Acts 28:10

These people also showered many honors on us and when we sailed [away], they brought the provisions we needed and put them aboard [the ship].

Acts 28:2

The natives [there] showed us uncommon kindness. It had begun to rain and was [getting] cold, so they built a fire and made us feel welcome.

Acts 21:5

When we had completed preparations for the next day’s voyage we left, and headed out [to sea] on our journey. All the disciples, together with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city and knelt down and prayed with us as we said goodbye to each other.

Acts 19:19

And a large number of them, who had been involved in occultic practices, brought their books [on the occult] and began burning them publicly. When they calculated the cost [of the books] it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. [Note: The actual amount was approximately 150 years of a farm laborer’s pay, or more than 5 million dollars in 2005].

Acts 17:1

Now when they [Note: A change from the use of “we” to “they” suggests that the writer Luke remained behind in Philippi at this point] had traveled through the [Macedonian] towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to [the city of] Thessalonica where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Supreme God and they are proclaiming to you the way to be saved.”

Acts 2:9

Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappodocia, Pontus, Asia,

Luke 8:22

Now it happened on one of those days that Jesus entered a boat with His disciples. He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side” [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee]; so they launched out.