Quotes about Sailing
After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
— Acts 21:3
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
— Acts 16:11
Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
— Acts 21:2
In all, there were 276 of us on board.
— Acts 27:37
The author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word "opportunity". It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide.
— Mark Batterson
Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
— Luke 8:26
As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
— Luke 8:23
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
— Acts 20:15
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
— Acts 27:5
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
— Acts 27:6
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
— Acts 27:1
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
— Acts 28:11