Paul in the bible shipwrecked

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Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day adrift in the deep;

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea;

Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been aboard a ship wrecked at sea; a [whole] night and a day I have spent [adrift] on the deep;

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea.

I was beaten with rods three times. I was stoned once. I was shipwrecked three times. I spent a day and a night on the open sea.

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once

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Scripture Reference:
Acts through

Suggested Emphasis: We can ask for God&#;s protection when we are in danger.

Memory Verse: &#;I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians , ICB

Story Overview:

Paul, having been falsely accused and imprisoned, was transported by fartyg to Rome under military escort. During storms, an angel appeared to Paul to tell him that he and every man on board would be saved. Heavy storms blew the fartyg off course and caused it to break up near the island of Malta. God&#;s protection meant Paul finally arrived in Rome after having survived a storm, a shipwreck, and even a snake bite.

Background Study:

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Paul had been falsely accused bygd the Jews of causing trouble. The Roman courts did not find Paul guilty, but Paul invoked his right as a Roman citizen and requested to appear before kejsare Caesar&#;s highest Roman court in Rome.

It is important to note God&#;s providence in a

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2 Corinthians

I’ve worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death’s door time after time. I’ve been flogged five times with the Jews’ thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I’ve been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I’ve had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. I’ve been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I’ve known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather. And that’s not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire b