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Acts 28:11

Alexandria

9 After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

10 The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.

After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.

12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

13 From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

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BSB
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
KJV
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
WEB
After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose figurehead was “The Twin Brothers.”
ASV
And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.
DARBY
And after three months we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian, with [the] Dioscuri for its ensign.
BLB
And after three months, we sailed in an Alexandrian ship having wintered in the island, with a figurehead of the Dioscuri.
ÅB
Da nå tre måneder var gått, fór vi derfra på et skip fra Aleksandria som hadde hatt vinterleie ved øen og hadde tvillingene til merke;
OTB
Etter tre måneder seilte vi med et alexandrinsk skip som hadde overvintret på øya, med tvillinggudene Kastor og Polluks som galionsfigur.
B1930
Da nu tre måneder var gått, fór vi derfra på et skib fra Aleksandria som hadde hatt vinterleie ved øen og hadde tvillingene til merke;

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Cross references

  • Acts 27:6

    There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

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  • Isaiah 45:20

    Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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  • Acts 6:9

    But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,

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  • Jonah 1:5

    The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

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  • Jonah 1:16

    Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.

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