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Contemporary English Version

Acts 27:26

But we will first be shipwrecked on some island.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mariners (Sailors);   Paul;   Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Missionary Journeys;   Missions, World-Wide;   Paul's;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Euroclydon;   Julius;   Melita;   Ship;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ephesians, Book of;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Italy;   Nero;   Ships and Boats;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Melita;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Island;   Lycia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But we have to run aground on some island.”
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, we must be cast vpon a certaine Iland.
King James Version
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
English Standard Version
But we must run aground on some island."
New American Standard Bible
"But we must run aground on a certain island."
New Century Version
But we will crash on an island."
Amplified Bible
but we must run [the ship] aground on some island."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But we must run aground on a certain island."
Legacy Standard Bible
But we must run aground on some island."
Berean Standard Bible
However, we must run aground on some island."
Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless, we have to run aground on some island."
Darby Translation
But we must be cast ashore on a certain island.
Easy-to-Read Version
But we will crash on an island."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.
George Lamsa Translation
However, we will be cast upon an island.
Good News Translation
But we will be driven ashore on some island."
Lexham English Bible
But it is necessary that we run aground on some island."
Literal Translation
But we must fall on a certain island.
American Standard Version
But we must be cast upon a certain island.
Bible in Basic English
But we will be sent on to a certain island.
Hebrew Names Version
But we must run aground on a certain island."
International Standard Version
However, we will have to run aground on some island."Acts 28:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Nevertheless, upon a certain island we have to be cast.
Murdock Translation
Yet we are to be cast upon a certain island.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, we must be cast into a certayne Ilande.
English Revised Version
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
World English Bible
But we must run aground on a certain island."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But we must be cast on a certain island.
Weymouth's New Testament
But we are to be stranded on a certain island."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it bihoueth vs to come into sum yle.
Update Bible Version
But we must be cast on a certain island.
Webster's Bible Translation
But we must be cast upon a certain isle.
New English Translation
But we must run aground on some island."
New King James Version
However, we must run aground on a certain island."
New Living Translation
But we will be shipwrecked on an island."
New Life Bible
But the ship will be lost on some island."
New Revised Standard
But we will have to run aground on some island."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upon a certain island, however, must we needs be wrecked.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we must come unto a certain island.
Revised Standard Version
But we shall have to run on some island."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
How be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde.
Young's Literal Translation
and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit we must be cast in to a certayne ylonde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
notwithstanding we must be shipwrack'd upon some island."
Simplified Cowboy Version
But we will be shipwrecked on an island."

Contextual Overview

21 Since none of us had eaten anything for a long time, Paul stood up and told the men: You should have listened to me! If you had stayed on in Crete, you would not have had this damage and loss. 22 But now I beg you to cheer up, because you will be safe. Only the ship will be lost. 23 I belong to God, and I worship him. Last night he sent an angel 24 to tell me, "Paul, don't be afraid! You will stand trial before the Emperor. And because of you, God will save the lives of everyone on the ship." 25 Cheer up! I am sure that God will do exactly what he promised. 26 But we will first be shipwrecked on some island. 27 For fourteen days and nights we had been blown around over the Mediterranean Sea. But about midnight the sailors realized that we were getting near land. 28 They measured and found that the water was about one hundred twenty feet deep. A little later they measured again and found it was only about ninety feet. 29 The sailors were afraid that we might hit some rocks, and they let down four anchors from the back of the ship. Then they prayed for daylight. 30 The sailors wanted to escape from the ship. So they lowered the lifeboat into the water, pretending that they were letting down an anchor from the front of the ship.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a certain: Acts 28:1

Reciprocal: Acts 27:41 - they ran

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island. This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should come to pass, it might be manifest that it was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event, a business of chance, but was predetermined by God, made known to the apostle, and predicted by him. This island was Melita; and the fulfilment of this part of the prediction is related in Acts 28:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Howbeit - Nevertheless.

Upon a certain island - Malta. See Acts 28:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 27:26. We must be cast upon a certain island. — The angel which gave him this information did not tell him the name of the island. It turned out to be Melita, on which, by the violence of the storm, they were wrecked some days after.


 
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