Acts 27:20 Cross References

Acts 27:20

20: The terrible storm raged unabated for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.

"Immediately after those horrible days end, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Suddenly, a terrible storm came up, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
The disciples went to him and woke him up, shouting, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, "What should we do to you to stop this storm?"
"Throw me into the sea," Jonah said, "and it will become calm again. For I know that this terrible storm is all my fault."
Instead, the sailors tried even harder to row the boat ashore. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn't make it.
Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. "O LORD," they pleaded, "don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death, because it isn't our fault. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons."

You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. You strengthened yourself and went on.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Lift your hand toward heaven, and a deep and terrifying darkness will descend on the land of Egypt."
So Moses lifted his hand toward heaven, and there was deep darkness over the entire land for three days.
During all that time the people scarcely moved, for they could not see. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, `We have become old, dry bones--all hope is gone.'

Why do you refuse to turn from all this running after other gods? But you say, `Don't waste your breath. I have fallen in love with these foreign gods, and I can't stop loving them now!'

And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope.

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.

The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.

He spoke, and the winds rose, stirring up the waves.
Their ships were tossed to the heavens and sank again to the depths; the sailors cringed in terror.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their wits' end.

But as the ship was sailing along, suddenly the LORD flung a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to send them to the bottom.

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