Acts 27:42
What meaning of the acts 27:42 in the Bible?
What does Acts 27:42 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape."
What does Acts 27:42 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape."
Verse 42. _THE SOLDIERS' COUNSEL WAS TO KILL THE PRISONERS_] What blood-thirsty, cowardly villains must these have been! Though, through the providence of God, those poor men had escaped a watery grav...
AND THE SOLDIERS’ COUNSEL ... - Why they gave this advice is not known. It was probably, however, because the Roman military discipline was very strict, and if they escaped it would be charged on them...
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 writt...
LANDING ON MALTA.Adria was not then what is now called the Adriatic, but was a general name for the sea between Malta, Italy, Greece, and Crete. After a fortnight's tossing on this sea there were sign...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
COUNSEL. Greek. _boule._ App-102. See Acts 27:12. TO KILL. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ they might kill. ANY. any one. App-123. OF THEM. Omit. SHOULD SWIM OUT, AND. having swum out. Greek. _ekkol...
_to kill the prisoners_ This was the advice of the soldiers because, by the Roman law, they were answerable with their own lives for the prisoners placed under their charge....
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ THE HORRORS OF A SHIPWRECK ACTS 27:39-44:_ When morning came they decided to try to run the ship aground on the beach. They raised the sail and allowed the wind carry the ship toward the beach. When...
ΒΟΥΛΉ (G1012) план, намерение, решение. ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 27:7. ΆΠΟΚΤΕΊΝΩΣΙΝ _aor. act. conj. от_ ΆΠΟΚΤΕΊΝΩ (G615) убивать. _Conj._ с ΙΝΑ (G2443) передает содержание плана, Μ...
LANDING ON MELITA. Acts 27:28-44. Acts 27:28 and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. Acts 27:29 And fearing lest haply...
42. At this critical juncture there was exhibited by the soldiers an instance of depravity even greater than that of the sailors the night before. They owed their present prospect of safety to the wat...
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. R...
34 It is practically impossible to prepare meals in such a storm as they had encountered and the constant toil and apprehension would take away all desire for food. But now that land was near they dou...
THE VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK Acts 27:1 to Acts 28:16. The Journey to Rome. This narrative is the most detailed account of an ancient voyage which we possess, and is our principal source of knowledge of...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 27 PAUL BEGINS HIS JOURNEY TO ROME, 27:1-12 V1 It was time for us to go to Rome. They handed Paul and some other prisoners over to Captain Juliu...
AND THE SOLDIERS’ COUNSEL WAS TO KILL THE PRISONERS. — The vigour of Roman law, which inflicted capital punishment on those who were in charge of prisoners and suffered them to escape (see Notes on Ac...
τῶν δὲ στρατ.: only the soldiers, since they and not the sailors were responsible for the safety of the prisoners, _cf._ Acts 12:7; Acts 16:27; C. and H., small edit., p. 236. ἐκκολ.: “swim away” (Ram...
SAVING PAUL SAVED THEM ALL Acts 27:35 The sailors endeavored to head the vessel toward the mouth of a creek that appeared before them, but she ran aground and stuck fast. It was here that a new and...
The study of Paul's last voyage reveals some apparently contradictory facts, and yet common in the experience of the saints. On the one hand, difficulties and dangers multiplied. On the other, the div...
Shipwrecked! As day broke, it became clear why Paul had said the sailors needed to stay on board. Though they did not recognize the land which stood nearby, they did know how to guide the ship toward...
(12) And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. (12) There is nowhere more unfaithfulness and unthankfulness in unbelievers....
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. (40) And when they had taken...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 42._The counsel of the soldiers. _This was too horrible unthankfulness. Though the soldiers might thank Paul twice or thrice for their lives, yet are they minded to kill him, for whose sake they oug...
His innocence fully established and acknowledged by his judges, the purposes of God must still be accomplished. His appeal to Caesar must carry him to Rome, that he may bear testimony there also. In h...
AND THE SOLDIERS' COUNSEL WAS TO KILL THE PRISONERS,.... Paul, and the rest: this they had not only an inclination to, but they declared it, and gave it as their opinion, and what they thought advisab...
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. Ver. 42. _To kill the prisoners_] An ill requital of Paul's kindness. But soldiers make but a sport...
_And_ In this critical juncture, as there were several prisoners on board, who were to be conveyed in custody to Rome; _the soldiers' counsel was to kill them_ A counsel most unjust, ungrateful, and c...
TO KILL THE PRISONERS; those whom they were taking to Rome for trial, lest the soldiers to whose care they had been committed should be punished for letting them go. Soldiers, accustomed to killing me...
The escape from the ship:...
The journey to Rome has been seen as a striking picture of the history of the church publicly in its earlier years, with its rapid decline and eventual shipwreck. Paul is on board, but a prisoner, ind...
AND THE SOLDIERS' PLAN WAS TO KILL THE PRISONERS, LEST ANY OF THEM SHOULD SWIM AWAY AND ESCAPE. 1. Now the soldiers have a plan. The prisoners can't swim with their chains on hands and feet. 2. If t...
Seeing that the soldiers were responsible for their prisoners, the soldiers were ready to kill all the prisoners lest any escaped. "In putting the prisoners to death, the soldiers saw what looked to t...
39-44 The ship that had weathered the storm in the open sea, where it had room, is dashed to pieces when it sticks fast. Thus, if the heart fixes in the world in affection, and cleaving to it, it is l...
This speaks their great ingratitude, that they would take away Paul's life, who had preserved theirs. But Christ's apostles and ministers must not look for their reward in this life; though men cannot...
42. At this critical juncture there was exhibited by the soldiers an instance of depravity even greater than that of the sailors the night before. They owed their present prospect of safety to the wat...
Acts 27:42 And G1161 soldiers G4757 plan G1012 was G1096 (G5633) to G2443 kill G615 (G5725) prisoners G1202 lest G3361 them G5100 away G1579 (G5660) escape G1309 (G5630) Psalms 74:20;...
A SERIES OF MARITIME STAGES AND EXAMPLES OF PROPHECY (ACTS 27:10; ACTS 27:21) ON THE WAY TO ROME (27.L-26). This series of ‘maritime stages' on a voyage parallels that in Acts 21:1. That one led up t...
Acts 27:42. THE SOLDIERS' COUNSEL WAS TO KILL THE PRISONERS. We have here an illustration of the extreme cruelty of the Roman military system. But we have also, in however cruel a form, an indication...
COUNSEL WAS TO KILL (βουλη εγενετο ινα--αποκτεινωσιν). The soldiers did not relish the idea of the escape of the prisoners. Hence there came this "counsel" (βουλη). Regular Greek idiom for purpose...
Paul had advised the captain not to set sail for a while, Acts 27:11. _Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things, which were spoken by Paul. And...
CONTENTS: Paul sent to Rome. The hurricane. God's assurance to Paul in the storm, and his safe landing. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Julius, centurion, angel, Caesar. CONCLUSION: Worldly men insist...
Acts 27:2. _Adramyttium,_ a town of Egypt, at the eastern mouth of the Nile; also a town of Mysia of the same name, where the ship touched. _One Aristarchus, a Macedonian, being with us._ The numeral...
A BAY WITH A BEACH. This would be the safest place to run aground. These sailors may have landed on Malta many times before, but did not recognize this part of the coast. SO THEY OUT OFF THE ANCHORS....
_And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship._ FOOD AND WORK What is the use of gaining strength by eating, unless we are to put our strength to some practical service? We might as well...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 27:38. THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP.—For the third time (see Acts 27:18). Either because of its sinking condition, or because they wished it to get nearer shore. What they threw ou...
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,...
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 (Acts 27:1). So Julius is another Roman cent...
Ecclesiastes 9:3; Luke 23:40; Luke 23:41; Mark 15:15; Proverbs 12:10; Psalms 74:20...
The counsel — Cruel, unjust, ungrateful....