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10 They also heaped honors on us; and when we sailed, they put on board all the supplies we needed.

11 After three months, we set sail in a ship from Alexandria that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers[a] as its figurehead. 12 Setting down at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:11 Grk. Dioscuri, Sons of Zeus; the twin brothers Castor and Pollux, the gods of navigation, were the ship’s patron deities.

10 They honored us(A) in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

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11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship(B) with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

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