Acts 27:23

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“For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me”

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BSBPD

“For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for there stood by me this night a messenger of God--whose I am, and whom I serve--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 27:23 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  3. Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
  4. Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
  5. Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
  6. Song of Solomon 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
  7. Song of Solomon 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
  8. Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
  9. Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
  10. Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  11. Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  12. Ezekiel 36:38Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  13. Daniel 3:17If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
  14. Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
  15. Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
  16. Daniel 6:16So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
  17. Daniel 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
  18. Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
  19. Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
  20. Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  21. John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
  22. John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
  23. Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
  24. Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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