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Paul Arrives in Italy

Acts 28:11

In 9 translations

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.Greek Dioscuri; that is, the Greek gods Castor and Pollux
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.
LSV
And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the island) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,
YLT
And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,
DBY
And after three months we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian, with [the] Dioscuri for its ensign.
DRC
And after three months, we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, that had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors.
GNV
Nowe after three moneths we departed in a shippe of Alexandria, which had wintred in the Yle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ἀνήχθημεν (“we set out”); Byzantine text read ἤχθημεν (“we came”).
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  • SBLGNT: ἀνήχθημεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀνήχθημεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἤχθημεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς μῆνας ἀνήχθημεν ἐν πλοίῳ παρακεχειμακότι ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Ἀλεξανδρίνῳ, παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις.
RP2018
Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς μῆνας ἤχθημεν ἐν πλοίῳ παρακεχειμακότι ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, Ἀλεξανδρίνῳ, παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις.
TR-Boyd
Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς μῆνας ἀνήχθημεν ἐν πλοίῳ παρακεχειμακότι ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, Ἀλεξανδρίνῳ, παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις.
SCR1894
μετα δε τρεις μηνας ανηχθημεν εν πλοιω παρακεχειμακοτι εν τη νησω αλεξανδρινω παρασημω διοσκουροις

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📍 Alexandria◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul arrives at Rome

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  • Acts 27:6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
  • Isaiah 45:20Come, 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:4So 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.
  • Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
  • Acts 6:9But 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,
  • Jonah 1:5The 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…

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