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Paul's Journey to Rome

Paul's Journey to Rome is dated AD 56. It is told in Acts 27:1–28:31. Paul, Luke, Aristarchus, Julius are part of it.

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 BSB
  1. a Or Augustan

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 56
Traditional reckoning
AD 56

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Phenice, Lasea, Fair Havens, Crete, Cnidus, Salmone, Alexandria, Cilicia, Lycia, Myra, Pamphylia, Cyprus, Sidon, Asia, Adramyttium, Italy, Rome, Clauda, Syrtis, Adria, Melita, Syracuse, Rhegium, Puteoli, Three Taverns.

Which verses connect to Acts 27:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Acts 25:259 votes

    But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

  2. Acts 10:15 votes

    At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

  3. Acts 25:125 votes

    Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

  4. Acts 18:24 votes

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

  5. Acts 27:114 votes

    But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

  6. Hebrews 13:243 votes

    Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.