Acts 27:41

Easy To Read Version

But the ship hit a sandbank. The front of the ship stuck there. The ship could not move. Then the big waves began to break the back of the ship to pieces.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:48

King Jehoshaphat built some cargo ships. He wanted the ships to sail to Ophir to get gold from that place. But the ships never went there—they were destroyed in their home port at Ezion Geber.

Ezekiel 27:26

Your oarsmen rowed you far out to sea.\par But a powerful east wind\par will destroy your ship at sea.\par

Ezekiel 27:34

But now you are broken by the seas,\par and by the deep waters.\par All the things you sell\par and all your people have fallen!\par

Acts 27:17

After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ropes around the ship to hold the ship together. The men were afraid that the ship would hit the sandbanks of Syrtis. {\cf2\super [513]} So they lowered the sail and let the wind carry the ship.

Acts 27:30

Some of the sailors wanted to leave the ship. They lowered the lifeboat to the water. The sailors wanted the other men to think that they were throwing more anchors from the front of the ship.

Acts 27:40

So they cut the ropes to the anchors and left the anchors in the sea. At the same time, they untied the ropes that were holding the rudders. Then they raised the front sail into the wind and sailed toward the beach.

Acts 27:42

The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so that none of the prisoners could swim away and escape.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.