<p>21:5 <i>When our time was up, we departed and went on our way, and they<em> all accompanied us, with wives and children, until we were out of the city. And we knelt down on the shore and prayed</em></i>- The very same scene as at Troas. And Paul had stayed there seven days too (:4 cp. 20:6). The period of seven days in Tyre was because of the itinerary of the ship they were on (hence &quot;when our time was up&quot;). Clearly the Lord's providential hand was at work helping Paul to see that He was working with Paul according to a pattern. We too can perceive similarities between events within our lives; the meaning attached to those events may not be immediately clear, but all the same we come away with the abiding impression that life is not random event but somehow, somewhere the Lord's hand is there with us.</p>