Acts 27:3

AND THE NEXT DAY WE TOUCHED AT SIDON. AND JULIUS COURTEOUSLY ENTREATED PAUL, AND GAVE HIM LIBERTY TO GO UNTO HIS FRIENDS TO REFRESH HIMSELF. _ And the next day we touched ('landed') at Sidon. To reach this ancient and celebrated Mediterranean port-about 70 miles north of Caesarea-in one day, they must have had a good wind. _ AND JULIUS COURTEOUSLY ENTREATED PAUL (see the note at ), AND GAVE HIM LIBERTY TO GO UNTO HIS FRIENDS - no doubt disciples, gained probably all along the Phoenician coast, from the time when first the ground was broken there (see the notes at ; ). To refresh himself - which after his long confinement would not be unnecessary. Such small details are in this case extreme...

− 3._He suffered him to go to. _Paul might have hid himself − (636) in a large city, which joined to the sea; but he was bound with the oracle, that he could not withdraw himself from the calling of God. Again, because the centurion had so courteously entertained him, that he suffered him to go to his friends, that they might dress and refresh him, whom he might have left in the stinking ship, − (637) he ought not nor could he provide for his own life, with the other man’s danger, without filthy treachery. − (638) Neither must we in any case suffer those who have courteously intreated us to be deceived by their courtesy through our fault. Let the readers fet [seek] the voyage whereof Luke speaketh out of those which describe places and countries; − (639) only I say thus much, that all that which is s

1-11 It was determined by the counsel of God, before it was determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for God had work for him to do there. The course they steered, and the places they touched at, are here set down. And God here encourages those who suffer for him, to trust in him; for he can put it into the hearts of those to befriend them, from whom they least expect it. Sailors must make the best of the wind: and so must we all in our passage over the ocean of this world. When the winds are contrary, yet we must be getting forward as well as we can. Many who are not driven backward by cross providences, do not get forward by favourable providences. And many real Christians complain as to the concerns of their souls, that they have much ado to keep their ground. Every fair haven is not a safe haven. Many show respect to good ministers, who will not take their a...

Verse Acts 27:3. _TOUCHED AT SIDON_] For some account of this place, Matthew 11:21, Matthew 11:21; and Acts 12:20, Acts 12:20. _JULIUS COURTEOUSLY ENTREATED PAUL_] At the conclusion of the preceding chapter, it has been intimated that the kind treatment which Paul received, both from Julius and at Rome, was owing to the impression made on the minds of Agrippa and Festus, relative to his innocence. It appears that Julius permitted him to go ashore, and visit the Christians w

WE TOUCHED AT SIDON - See the notes on Matthew 11:21. Sidon was about 67 miles north of Caesarea, and the passage could be easily accomplished, under favorable circumstances, in 24 hours. It is probable that the vessel, being a “coaster,” put in there for purposes of trade. Sidon is the last city on the Phoenician coast in which the presence of the apostle can be traced. AND JULIUS COURTEOUSLY ENTREATED PAUL - Treated him kindly or humanely. AND GAVE HIM LIBERTY ... - The same thing had been done by Felix, Acts 24:23. UNTO HIS FRIENDS - In Sidon. Paul had frequently traveled in that direction in going to and returning from Jerusalem, and it is not im

EXPOSITION ACTS 27:1 For, for _into, _A.V.;_ to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan band _for unto _one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus_'_ band, _A.V. THAT WE SHOULD SAIL. Observe the "we," denoting that Luke was of the party. Connecting it with the "we" of Acts 21:17, the inference is obvious that Luke was with Paul through the whole of these two eventful years, and that it is to this presence that we owe the detailed circumstantial narrative of Acts 21-28., as well as, perhaps, the composition of St. Luke's Gospel, for which the two years at Caesarea afforded an admirable opportunity. THE AUGUSTAN BAND; or, _cohort _(σπεῖρα); as...

AND THE NEXT DAY WE TOUCHED AT SIDON,.... This was a famous city in Phoenicia, upon the northern border of the land of Israel; it was a maritime place, and noted for trade and navigation; Mela q calls it rich Sidon, and the chief of the maritime cities; Jerom r calls it the ancient city Sidon; and Curtius says s it was renowned for the antiquity and fame of its founders; it is thought to be built by Sidon, the firstborn of Canaan, Genesis 10:15 from whom it took its name; so Josephus t affirms, that Sidonius, as he calls him, built a city in Phoenicia after his own name, and it is called by the Greeks Sidon; some say it was built by Sidus the son of Aegyptus, and named after him: according to R. Benjamin u it was a day's journey from hence to Tyre; and with others w, it was not more than two hundred furlongs, about twelve or thirteen miles, which was another city of Phoenicia, as this wa...

Acts 27:1. _And, when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself._ Even a Roman centurion could see that Paul was no ordinary prisoner, and that it was quite safe to allow him privileges which others might have abused. Acts 27:4. And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came

CHAPTER 27 _ 1. From Caesarea to Fair Havens (Acts 27:1)._ 2. The Unheeded Warning. The Storm. Paul's Vision and Assurance of Safety (Acts 27:9). 3. The Shipwreck (Acts 27:27). Much has been written on this Chapter. The voyage of the Apostle Paul to Rome and the shipwreck is often explained as being typical of the stormy voyage of the professing church, her adversities and shipwreck. However, such an application needs caution. it is easy to make fanciful and far-fetched allegorical applications. Besides church history other lessons have been drawn from this narrative. A recent commentator claims that the keynote to the interpretation is given in...

ACTS 27. PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME. [103] [103] On the whole chapter see _The Voyage and Shipwreck of S. Paul._ by James Smith, 1848; a book full of valuable information on the whole subject. ACTS 27:1. TO CRETE. Hero we again reach the Travel-document, which accompanies us to Acts 28:16. There is evidence of an Augustan cohort in Syria. A coasting vessel is taken for the first part of the voyage. For Aristarchus, see Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4. The voyage eastwards (Acts 21:3) passed to the S. of Cyprus; this time the northern rout