Acts 21:3

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We sailed near the island of Cyprus. We could see it on the north side, but we did not stop. We sailed to the country of Syria. We stopped at the city of Tyre because the ship needed to unload its cargo there.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:6

Then David put groups of soldiers in Damascus, Aram. The Arameans became David’s servants and brought tribute. [56] The Lord gave victory to David in every place he went.

Psalm 45:12

Wealthy people from Tyre\par will bring gifts to you\par so they might meet with you.\par

Psalm 87:4

\{God keeps a list of all of his people.\}\par Some of them live in Egypt {\cf2\super [497]} and Babylon.\par Some of them were born in Philistia, Tyre,\par and even Ethiopia.\par

Isaiah 7:2

A message was told to the family of David. {\cf2\super [76]} The message said, “The army of Aram and the army of Ephraim (Israel) have joined together. The two armies are camped together.”

Matthew 11:21

Jesus said, “It will be bad for you Chorazin. {\cf2\super [145]} It will be bad for you Bethsaida. {\cf2\super [146]} I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, {\cf2\super [147]} then those people in Tyre and Sidon would have changed their lives a long time ago. Those people would have worn sackcloth {\cf2\super [148]} and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.

Matthew 4:24

The news about Jesus spread all over Syria. And people brought all the sick people to Jesus. These sick people were suffering from different kinds of diseases and pain. Some people were suffering with very bad pain, some people had demons {\cf2\super [55]} inside them, some people were epileptics, {\cf2\super [56]} and some people were paralyzed (crippled). Jesus healed all these people.

Luke 10:13

“It will be bad for you, Chorazin {\cf2\super [181]} ! It will be bad for you, Bethsaida {\cf2\super [182]} ! I did many miracles {\cf2\super [183]} in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, {\cf2\super [184]} then the people in those cities would have changed their lives and stopped sinning a long time ago. They would have worn sackcloth {\cf2\super [185]} and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.

Luke 2:2

This was the first registration. {\cf2\super [27]} It happened while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Acts 11:19

The believers were scattered by the persecution {\cf2\super [226]} that happened after Stephen was killed. Some of the believers went to places far away like Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch. The believers told the Good News {\cf2\super [227]} in these places; but they told it only to Jews.

Acts 12:20

Herod was very angry with the people from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Those people all came in a group to Herod. They were able to get Blastus on their side. Blastus was the king’s personal servant. The people asked Herod for peace because their country needed food from Herod’s country.

Acts 13:4

Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [249]} They went to the city of Seleucia. Then they sailed from Seleucia to the island of Cyprus.

Acts 15:23

The group sent the letter with these men. The letter said:

Acts 15:39

Paul and Barnabas had a big argument about this. They separated and went different ways. Barnabas sailed to Cyprus and took Mark with him.

Acts 15:41

Paul and Silas went through the countries of Syria and Cilicia, helping the churches {\cf2\super [326]} grow stronger.

Acts 18:18

Paul stayed with the brothers (believers) for many days. Then he left and sailed for Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were also with him. At Cenchrea, Paul cut off his hair. {\cf2\super [368]} \{This showed that\} he had made a promise (vow) to God.

Acts 21:16

Some of the followers \{of Jesus\} from Caesarea went with us. These followers took us to the home of Mnason, a man from Cyprus. Mnason was one of the first people to be a follower \{of Jesus\}. They took us to his home so that we could stay with him.

Acts 21:2

At Patara we found a ship that was going to the area of Phoenicia. We went on the ship and sailed away.

Acts 21:7

We continued our trip from Tyre and went to the city of Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers (believers) there and stayed with them one day.

Acts 27:4

We left the city of Sidon. We sailed close to the island of Cyprus because the wind was blowing against us.

Acts 4:36

One of the believers was named Joseph. The apostles {\cf2\super [82]} called him Barnabas. (This name means “A person that helps others.”) He was a Levite {\cf2\super [83]} born in Cyprus.

Judges 10:6

Again the people of Israel did things the Lord said are evil. They began worshiping the false gods Baal [93] and the Ashtoreth. [94] They also worshiped the gods of the people of Aram, the gods of the people of Sidon, the gods of the people of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistine people. The people of Israel left the Lord and stopped serving him.