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Acts 27:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

For several days we could not see either the sun or the stars. A strong wind kept blowing, and we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

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Moses and Aaron obeyed God, and he sent darkness to cover Egypt.

Though you tired yourself out by running after idols, you refused to stop. Your desires were so strong that they kept you going.

Your shoes are worn out, and your throat is parched from running here and there to worship foreign gods. “Stop!” I shouted, but you replied, “No! I love those gods too much.”

The LORD said: Ezekiel, the people of Israel are like dead bones. They complain that they are dried up and that they have no hope for the future.

But the LORD made a strong wind blow, and such a bad storm came up that the ship was about to be broken to pieces.

Straight after those days of suffering, “The sun will become dark, and the moon will no longer shine. The stars will fall, and the powers in the sky will be shaken.”

Then on the third day, with their bare hands they threw overboard some of the ship's gear.

Since none of us had eaten anything for a long time, Paul stood up and told the men: You should have listened to me! If you had stayed on in Crete, you would not have had this damage and loss.

Three times the Romans beat me with a big stick, and once my enemies stoned me. I have been shipwrecked three times, and I even had to spend a night and a day in the sea.

At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises that God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God,

My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and be like people who don't have any hope.




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