Acts 27:1

New Century Version

It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An officer named Julius, who served in the emperor’s army, guarded Paul and some other prisoners.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done.

Psalm 33:11

But the Lord’s plans will stand forever; his ideas will last from now on.

Psalm 76:10

People praise you for your anger against evil. Those who live through your anger are stopped from doing more evil.

Proverbs 19:21

People can make all kinds of plans, but only the Lord’s plan will happen.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for someone to work hard while he is young.

Daniel 4:35

People on earth are not truly important. God does what he wants with the powers of heaven and the people on earth. No one can stop his powerful hand or question what he does.

Matthew 27:54

When the army officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything else that happened, they were very frightened and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Luke 23:47

When the army officer there saw what happened, he praised God, saying, “Surely this was a good man!”

Luke 7:2

There was an army officer who had a servant who was very important to him. The servant was so sick he was nearly dead.

Acts 10:1

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, an officer in the Italian group of the Roman army.

Acts 10:22

They said, “A holy angel spoke to Cornelius, an army officer and a good man; he worships God. All the people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to ask you to come to his house so that he can hear what you have to say.”

Acts 16:10

After Paul had seen the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia, understanding that God had called us to tell the Good News to those people.

Acts 18:2

Here he met a Jew named Aquila who had been born in the country of Pontus. But Aquila and his wife, Priscilla, had recently moved to Corinth from Italy, because Claudius commanded that all Jews must leave Rome. Paul went to visit Aquila and Priscilla.

Acts 19:21

After these things, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, planning to go through the countries of Macedonia and Southern Greece and then on to Jerusalem. He said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also visit Rome.”

Acts 21:32

Immediately he took some officers and soldiers and ran to the place where the crowd was gathered. When the people saw them, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 22:26

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. The officer said, “Do you know what you are doing? This man is a Roman citizen.”

Acts 23:11

The next night the Lord came and stood by Paul. He said, “Be brave! You have told people in Jerusalem about me. You must do the same in Rome.”

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the officers and said, “Take this young man to the commander. He has a message for him.”

Acts 24:23

Felix told the officer to keep Paul guarded but to give him some freedom and to let his friends bring what he needed.

Acts 25:12

Festus talked about this with his advisers. Then he said, “You have asked to see Caesar, so you will go to Caesar!”

Acts 25:25

When I judged him, I found no reason to order his death. But since he asked to be judged by Caesar, I decided to send him.

Acts 27:11

But the captain and the owner of the ship did not agree with Paul, and the officer believed what the captain and owner of the ship said.

Acts 27:43

But Julius, the officer, wanted to let Paul live and did not allow the soldiers to kill the prisoners. Instead he ordered everyone who could swim to jump into the water first and swim to land.

Acts 27:6

There the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was going to Italy, so he put us on it.

Acts 28:1

When we were safe on land, we learned that the island was called Malta.

Acts 28:16

When we arrived at Rome, Paul was allowed to live alone, with the soldier who guarded him.

Hebrews 13:24

Greet all your leaders and all of God’s people. Those from Italy send greetings to you.