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Acts 27:22
and now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
and now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Verse Acts 27:22. _THERE SHALL BE NO LOSS OF - LIFE_] This must be joyous news to those from whom _all hope that they should be saved was_ _taken away_: Acts 27:20....
THERE SHALL BE NO LOSS - This must have been cheering news to those who had given up all for lost. As Patti had manifested great wisdom in his former advice to them, they might be now more disposed to...
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 writte...
TO MALTA. The Fast of the great Day of Atonement fell on the 10 th of Tishri (Sept.- Oct.). The season for shipping ended November 11, and opened again March 5; but voyages were counted dangerous afte...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
Since they had been without food for a long time Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, "Gentlemen, you should have obeyed me and you should not have sailed from Crete and so you would have avoi...
NOW. See Acts 4:29. EXHORT. Same as "admonish" (Acts 27:9). BE OF GOOD CHEER. Greek. _euthumeo_. Only here, Acts 27:25 and James 5:13....
_And now_ i.e. though my advice was formerly rejected I offer it again. _there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship R. V._"no loss of life among you, but _only_of the ship....
ΚΑῚ ΤᾺ ΝΥ͂Ν, _and now_, i.e. though my advice was rejected before I offer it again. ἈΠΟΒΟΛῊ ΓᾺΡ ΨΥΧΗ͂Σ ΟΥ̓ΔΕΜΊΑ ἜΣΤΑΙ ἘΞ ὙΜΩ͂Ν, ΠΛῊΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΛΟΊΟΥ, _for there shall be no loss of life among you, but on...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ ENCOURAGEMENT FROM GOD ACTS 27:21-38:_ They ate nothing for many days. Afterward Paul stood and told them that they should have listened to him and not sailed._ _ He also revealed to them that God h...
ΠΑΡΑΙΝΏ _praes. ind. act., см._ Acts 27:9. ΕΎΘΥΜΕΊΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΎΘΥΜΈΩ (G2114) быть бодрым, обретать уверенность, утешаться, сохранять присутствие духа. В медидине это слово относится к со...
DRIVEN FOR FOURTEEN DAYS BY THE WIND. Acts 27:18-27. Acts 27:18 And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; Acts 27:19 and the third day th...
See notes on verse 21...
AND NOW I EXHORT YOU TO BE OF GOOD CHEER: FOR THERE SHALL BE NO LOSS OF ANY MAN'S LIFE AMONG YOU, BUT OF THE SHIP. _ And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's...
11 Anciently the steersman, or helmsman, or pilot, was captain of the ship, but his duties in larger vessels corresponds to our navigator. The man who chartered the ship traveled as his own supercargo...
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 t...
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 Juli...
AND NOW I EXHORT YOU TO BE OF GOOD CHEER. — Look and tone, we may well believe, helped the words. It was something in that scene of misery and dejection to see one man stand forward with a brave, calm...
καὶ τὰ νῦν, see on Acts 27:21, Paul would spare their reproaches, and rather awaken hope in their hearts (Bethge). παραινῶ : only in Luke, here and in Acts 27:9. Hobart speaks of it as the verb employ...
SAVIOR OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY Acts 27:14 The crew, being greatly exhausted by severe exertion and want of food, were the more willing to listen to the Apostle when he came to the front with his wise...
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...
Troubles Seas When a soft, south wind began to blow, it was assumed they could easily reach Phoenix within a day, so they set sail. Apparently, they made good headway as they travelled along close to...
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. (21) But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst...
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...
_GOOD CHEER IN THE STORM_ ‘And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.’ Acts 27:22 Festus delivered his prisoner into the hands...
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 NOW I EXHORT YOU TO BE OF GOOD CHEER,.... To take heart and courage, and not be cast down, though things had been thus with them, and they were now in a very melancholy plight and condition. FOR...
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of _any man's_ life among you, but of the ship. Ver. 22. _Be of good cheer_] So Bishop Ridley being once tossed by a sad tempest,...
_And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared_ The direction of which could be the less spared before the compass was found out; _and no small tempest lay on us_ Still the wind was boisterous,...
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 NOW I URGE YOU TO TAKE HEART, FOR THERE WILL BE NO LOSS OF LIFE AMONG YOU, BUT ONLY OF THE SHIP. 1. Then Paul turns to the good news. Take heart. Be of good cheer. There is some good news. 2. Th...
Acts 27:22-26 Twice Paul will urge them to keep up their courage because only the ship would be lost, and how could Paul be so certain? Because the previous night an angel of the God to whom he belong...
21-29 They did not hearken to the apostle when he warned them of their danger; yet if they acknowledge their folly, and repent of it, he will speak comfort and relief to them when in danger. Most peo...
Provided they would do as he required of them: see ACTS 27:31. In God's promises there is a tacit condition, which from the nature of the thing is to be understood; as in that which was made to Eli, m...
Acts 27:22 And G2532 now G3569 urge G3867 (G5719) you G5209 heart G2114 (G5721) for G1063 be...
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 to...
‘And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have received this injury...
Acts 27:22. NO LOSS OF ANY MAN'S LIFE AMONG YOU, BUT OF THE SHIP. See Acts 27:10. His comparatively dim prophetic insight is now become clearer. Acts 27:23. THE ANGEL OF GOD. St. Luke says ‘an angel,'...
AND NOW (κα τα νυν). Accusative plural neuter article of general reference in contrast with μεν in verse Acts 27:21. Paul shows modesty (Bengel) in the mild contrast.NO LOSS OF LIFE (αποβολη ψυχης...
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...
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 LONG TIME WITHOUT FOOD. The fires were out, the food water soaked, the men too busy, and they were frightened out of their wits by the storm. PAUL STOOD BEFORE THEM. He is calm and firm, as he finds...
_But not long after there arose … a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon._ PAUL IN THE STORM No landsman who has never been in a storm at; sea can truly picture one. The description in our lesson is a...
_And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared._ SPIRITUAL DARKNESS I. There are many ways in which we may account for this state of mind. 1. It may be due in part to nervous and physical exh...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:1 The Witness in Rome. The last two chapters of Acts 1:1 are devoted mainly to Paul’s journey to Rome ...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 27:15. The result was that the vessel COULD NOT BEAR UP INTO THE WIND—lit., _could not look into_, or face _the wind_—a remarkably expressive phrase, considering that in ancien...
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...
1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:9;...