Acts 27:41

Modern English Version

But striking a sandbar where two seas met, they ran the ship aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violent surf.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never made it there, for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.

2 Chronicles 20:37

And Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will tear down your works.” So the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to journey to Tarshish.

Ezekiel 27:26

Your rowers have brought you into great waters; the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.

Ezekiel 27:34

Now that you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company in your midst have fallen.

Acts 27:17

When they had hoisted it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they might run aground on the sands of Syrtis, they struck sail and so were driven.

Acts 27:30

When the sailors strove to abandon ship and lowered the boat into the sea, under the pretext of lowering anchors out of the bow,

Acts 27:40

Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while loosening the ropes that secured the rudders. Then they hoisted the mainsail to the wind and made for shore.

Acts 27:42

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.