Bible Cross References
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Romans 15:22-24
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And so I have been prevented many times from coming to you.
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But now that I have finished my work in these regions and since I have been wanting for so many years to come to see you,
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I hope to do so now. I would like to see you on my way to Spain, and be helped by you to go there, after I have enjoyed visiting you for a while.
Romans 15:30-32
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I urge you, friends, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit gives: join me in praying fervently to God for me.
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Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to God's people there.
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And so I will come to you full of joy, if it is God's will, and enjoy a refreshing visit with you.
Philippians 4:6
Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.
1 Thessalonians 2:18
We wanted to return to you. I myself tried to go back more than once, but Satan would not let us.
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Day and night we ask him with all our heart to let us see you personally and supply what is needed in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:11
May our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus prepare the way for us to come to you!
Philemon 1:22
At the same time, get a room ready for me, because I hope that God will answer the prayers of all of you and give me back to you.
Hebrews 13:19
And I beg you even more earnestly to pray that God will send me back to you soon.
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Acts 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. "After I go there," he said, "I must also see Rome."
Acts 27:1-28
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When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to Julius, an officer in the Roman army regiment called "The Emperor's Regiment."
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We went aboard a ship from Adramyttium, which was ready to leave for the seaports of the province of Asia, and we sailed away. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
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The next day we arrived at Sidon. Julius was kind to Paul and allowed him to go and see his friends, to be given what he needed.
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We went on from there, and because the winds were blowing against us, we sailed on the sheltered side of the island of Cyprus.
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We crossed over the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and came to Myra in Lycia.
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There the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was going to sail for Italy, so he put us aboard.
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We sailed slowly for several days and with great difficulty finally arrived off the town of Cnidus. The wind would not let us go any farther in that direction, so we sailed down the sheltered side of the island of Crete, passing by Cape Salmone.
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We kept close to the coast and with great difficulty came to a place called Safe Harbors, not far from the town of Lasea.
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We spent a long time there, until it became dangerous to continue the voyage, for by now the Day of Atonement was already past. So Paul gave them this advice:
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"Men, I see that our voyage from here on will be dangerous; there will be great damage to the cargo and to the ship, and loss of life as well."
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But the army officer was convinced by what the captain and the owner of the ship said, and not by what Paul said.
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The harbor was not a good one to spend the winter in; so almost everyone was in favor of putting out to sea and trying to reach Phoenix, if possible, in order to spend the winter there. Phoenix is a harbor in Crete that faces southwest and northwest.
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A soft wind from the south began to blow, and the men thought that they could carry out their plan, so they pulled up the anchor and sailed as close as possible along the coast of Crete.
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But soon a very strong wind---the one called "Northeaster"---blew down from the island.
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It hit the ship, and since it was impossible to keep the ship headed into the wind, we gave up trying and let it be carried along by the wind.
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We got some shelter when we passed to the south of the little island of Cauda. There, with some difficulty we managed to make the ship's boat secure.
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They pulled it aboard and then fastened some ropes tight around the ship. They were afraid that they might run into the sandbanks off the coast of Libya, so they lowered the sail and let the ship be carried by the wind.
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The violent storm continued, so on the next day they began to throw some of the ship's cargo overboard,
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and on the following day they threw part of the ship's equipment overboard.
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For many days we could not see the sun or the stars, and the wind kept on blowing very hard. We finally gave up all hope of being saved.
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After everyone had gone a long time without food, Paul stood before them and said, "You should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete; then we would have avoided all this damage and loss.
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But now I beg you, take courage! Not one of you will lose your life; only the ship will be lost.
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For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship came to me
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and said, 'Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.'
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So take courage, men! For I trust in God that it will be just as I was told.
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But we will be driven ashore on some island."
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It was the fourteenth night, and we were being driven in the Mediterranean by the storm. About midnight the sailors suspected that we were getting close to land.
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So they dropped a line with a weight tied to it and found that the water was one hundred and twenty feet deep; a little later they did the same and found that it was ninety feet deep.
by the will
Acts 18:21
Instead, he told them as he left, "If it is the will of God, I will come back to you." And so he sailed from Ephesus.
Acts 21:14
We could not convince him, so we gave up and said, "May the Lord's will be done."
1 Corinthians 4:19
If the Lord is willing, however, I will come to you soon, and then I will find out for myself the power which these proud people have, and not just what they say.
James 4:15
What you should say is this: "If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that."