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Acts 27:20

HopeDiscouragement and depressionFear

18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
KJV
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
WEB
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
ASV
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon [us] for many days, and no small tempest lay on [us,] all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
DARBY
And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.
BLB
And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on [us], from then on all hope of our being saved was abandoned.
ÅB
Da nå hverken sol eller stjerner lot seg se på flere dager, og et svært uvær var over oss, var det fra nå av forbi med alt håp om redning.
OTB
Da verken sol eller stjerner viste seg på mange dager og stormen fortsatte å rase, mistet vi til slutt alt håp om å bli reddet.
B1930
Da nu hverken sol eller stjerner lot sig se på flere dager, og et svært uvær var over oss, var det fra nu av forbi med alt håp om redning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

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  • Matthew 8:24–25

    Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

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  • Ezekiel 37:11

    Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

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  • Exodus 10:21–23

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  • Jeremiah 2:25

    You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

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  • Isaiah 57:10

    You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

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