“Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
Acts 28:11 - English Standard Version 2016 After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It was after three months' stay there that we set sail in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian ship with the Twin Brothers [Castor and Pollux] as its figurehead. American Standard Version (1901) And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers. Common English Bible After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had spent the winter at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with carvings of the twin gods Castor and Pollux as its figurehead. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, after three months, we sailed in a ship from Alexandria, whose name was 'the Castors,' and which had wintered at the island. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And after three months, we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, that had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors. |
“Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board.
They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”