Acts 28:11 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 28:11

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

KJV

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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.

WEB

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

YLT

And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

DBT

And after three months we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian, with [the] Dioscuri for its ensign.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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8 verses on the floor

Acts 27:6
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
1 Corinthians 8:4
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Corinthians 16:6
And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
Acts 21:8
And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

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Such figureheads were anciently as common as now. was Castor and Pollux--the tutelar gods of mariners, to whom all their good fortune was ascribed. St. Anthony is substituted for them in the modern superstitions of Mediterranean (Romanist) sailors.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Whose sign was - It was the custom of the ancients to have images on the head of their ships, from which they took their names. Castor and Pollux - Two heathen gods who were thought favourable to mariners.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ACT 28:111CO 8:4 DEU 4:39
ACT 28:111CO 8:4 EPH 4:6
ACT 28:111CO 8:4 1CO 10:19-20
ACT 28:111CO 8:4 DEU 6:4
ACT 28:111CO 8:4 1TI 2:5
ACT 28:11JON 1:16 PSA 116:14
ACT 28:11JON 1:5 ACT 27:18-19
ACT 28:11JON 1:5 JER 2:28

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