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Acts 27:28
and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Verse Acts 27:28. _AND SOUNDED_] βολισαντες, _Heaving the lead_. _TWENTY FATHOMS_] οργυιας εικοσι, About _forty yards_ in depth. The οργυια is thus defined by the Etymologicon: Σημαινει την εκτασιν...
AND SOUNDED - To sound is to make use of a line and lead to ascertain the depth of water. TWENTY FATHOMS - A fathom is six feet, or the distance from the extremity of the middle finger on one hand 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...
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)...
When the fourteenth night came and we were drifting across in the Adriatic, in the middle of the night the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them. They took a sounding and found twenty...
SOUNDED. having sounded. Greek. _bolizo._ Only here. AND. they. FATHOMS. Greek. _orguia._ See App-51. WHEN, &C.. having proceeded. Greek. _diistemi,_ to put, or stand, apart. Only here, and Luke 22...
_and sounded_ In ancient times, this must have been the only means of feeling their way in dark and stormy weather. The lead must have been in constant use. _found it twenty fathoms_ The original has...
ΒΟΛΊΣΑΝΤΕΣ, _having sounded_. In ancient times this must have been the only means of feeling their way in dark and stormy weather. The lead must have been in constant use. ΕὟΡΟΝ ὈΡΓΥΙᾺΣ ΕἼΚΟΣΙ, _they...
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...
ΒΟΛΊΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΒΟΛΊΖΩ (G1001) бросать в море якорь, бросать лот (RWP). Лот для измерения глубины был с нижнего конца полым и заполнялся жиром или салом, чтобы получить образец пород м...
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 w...
See notes on verse 27...
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms - implying that they were...
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...
THEY SOUNDED] 'J. Smith shows how exactly the geographical details in the traditional St. Paul's Bay (on the NE. coast of Malta) correspond with the description here' (Knowling)....
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...
TWENTY FATHOMS. — The Greek noun so rendered was defined as the length of the outstretched arms from hand to hand, including the chest. It was reckoned as equal to four cubits — _i.e.,_ to about six f...
βολίσαντες : having let down the sounding-lead (βολίς), elsewhere only in Eustath., in active voice, but see also Grimm-Thayer, _sub v._ ὀργυιὰς : five or six feet, a fathom, Grimm; Breusing compares...
SAFETY DEPENDENT ON OBEDIENCE Acts 27:27 Paul presents a noble picture, standing there in the gray dawn while the heavy seas are breaking over the ship. He seems to have become by force of character...
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...
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; (28) And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: an...
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...
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 SOUNDED,.... Or let down their plummet, or sounding line; which was a line with a piece of lead at the end of it, which they let down into the water, and by that means found what depth it was, by...
And sounded, and found _it_ twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found _it_ fifteen fathoms. Ver. 28. _Fifteen fathoms_] A sign they were nearer shore than...
_But when the fourteenth night_ Since they left Crete; _was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria_ That is, in the Adriatic sea: as the ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean sea wh...
SOUNDED; let down a lead and line to ascertain the depth of the water. TWENTY FATHOMS; one hundred and twenty feet. FIFTEEN FATHOMS; ninety feet....
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 THEY TOOK SOUNDINGS AND FOUND IT TO BE TWENTY FATHOMS; AND WHEN THEY GONE A LITTLE FARTHER, THEY TOOK SOUNDINGS AGAIN AND FOUND IT TO BE FIFTEEN FATHOMS. 1. They took soundings - they let down a...
"They took soundings, and found it to be twenty fathoms;. little father on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen" "To take. sounding they made use of. line with. lead weight on the end...
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...
FOUND IT TWENTY FATHOMS: a fathom is the distance betwixt the end of the middle finger on the one hand, from the end of the middle finger on the other hand, when the arms are stretched out; which is o...
Acts 27:28 And G2532 soundings G1001 (G5660) found G2147 (G5627) twenty G1501 fathoms G3712 and G1161 gone...
“But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country, and they sounded, and found...
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...
Acts 27:28. SOUNDED, AND FOUND IT TWENTY FATHOMS. On hearing the breakers, their instinct would be to heave the lead and ascertain the depth of the water. The fathom (ο ̓ ργυια ̀) of the Greeks is pra...
THEY SOUNDED (βολισαντες). First aorist active participle of βολιζω rare verb only here and in Eustathius who says it was familiar in ancient Greek. Apparently from βολις, a missile or dart, and so...
FATHOMS One fathom is between 6 and 7 feet....
Acts 27:24 I. God judged that St. Paul was concerned with the lives of the crew of the ship he sailed in, and gave these men their lives as a precious gift. Here we have what may be called the head an...
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...
IT WAS THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT. Since they sailed from Safe Harbors. The storm is still driving them. The area of the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Italy and Greece was once called the Adria. A look...
_But when the fourteenth night was come … about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country._ LAND AHEAD I. Men possess that which tells them there is land ahead. “The shipmen dee...
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 27:27. THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT dated from the rising of the gale, which occurred soon after leaving the Fair Havens. THE SEA OF ADRIA.—See “Homiletical Analysis.” Though applied t...
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...