Quotes about Sailing
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
When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
- Mark 4:35
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
- Mark 6:53
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
Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
- Luke 8:26
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
- Acts 16:11
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
Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
- Acts 21:2
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
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 putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
- Acts 27:4
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