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Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors; they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder-bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
And when they had taken up the anchors; they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder-bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Verse 40. _TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS_] Weighed all the anchors that they had cast out of the stern. Some think the meaning of the word is, they slipped their cables; and so left the anchors in the sea. Thi...
HAD TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS - The four anchors with which they had moored the ship, Acts 27:29. See the margin. The expression may mean that they slipped or cut their cables, and that thus they left the...
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 day came they did not recognize the land; but they saw a bay with a beach, on which they purposed, if it was possible, to run the ship ashore. They loosed the anchors and let them go into the sea...
TAKEN UP. Greek. _periaireo._ Same as in Acts 27:20. COMMITTED. Greek. _eao._ Same as "let", Acts 27:32. THEMSELVES. them, i.e. the anchors. They "slipped" the anchors. LOOSED. Greek. _aniemi,_ as i...
_And when they had taken up the anchors_ The verb in the original implies that they cast loose all the anchors round about the stern of the vessel where they had laid them out. So the _R. V._rightly g...
ΚΑῚ ΤᾺΣ�, _and casting off the anchors_. περιαιρέω indicates that they now cast loose all the anchors round about the stern of the vessel, where they had before laid them out. When they had thrown ove...
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...
ΠΕΡΙΕΛΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΕΡΙΑΙΡΈΩ (G4014) убирать, выбрасывать. Предложное сочетание усилительное (МН, 321). Они обрубили якоря и позволили им упасть в море (VSSP, 141; BASHH, 151...
WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS,— _When they had weighed their anchors, they committed_ [the ship] _to the sea._ Some rather choose to render this, _Having cut the anchors, they left them in the se...
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 39...
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. And when they had taken up...
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 t...
RV 'and casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.' RUDDER BANDS] RV 'the...
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 WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS. — Better, _And when they had cleared away_ (or, _cut off_)_ the anchors, they let them go into the sea._ It is obvious that nothing would have been gained at su...
καὶ τὰς ἀγκ. περιελόντες : “and casting off the anchors,” R.V., _cf._ Acts 27:20 for the same verb, so that the meaning cannot be as A.V., following Vulgate, “having taken up”; in fact it is the very...
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 u...
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...
_Loosing also the rudderbands. Some ships are said heretofore to have had two rudders: and this ship perhaps had tow, unless here the plural number be put for the singular, which is not uncommon in th...
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...
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 WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS,.... The four anchors they cast out of the stern, Acts 27:29 or "when they had cut the anchors", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; that is, had cut th...
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed _themselves_ unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. Ver. 40. _Hoised up the m...
_And when it was day_ And they had the shore before them; _they knew not the land_ And therefore were still at a loss what course to take; _but they discovered a certain creek_ A bay or bosom of the s...
TAKEN UP; slipped or cut the ropes which fastened the anchors to the ship, so that the wind might drive her into the bay, now called St. Paul's bay. LOOSED THE RUDDER - BANDS; the rudder had been mad...
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 LET GO OF THE ANCHORS AND LEFT THEM IN THE SEA, MEANWHILE LOOSING THE RUDDER ROPES; AND THEY HOISTED THE MAINSAIL TO THE WIND AND MADE FOR SHORE. 1. They now have a plan. They cut the anchor...
TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS, THEY COMMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO THE SEA: Or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea, etc....
The anchors that had been dropped are left behind in the sea, the two rudders in the back that had been hoisted up and lashed fast, are now put back into use to steer the ship, in addition, they hoist...
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...
LOOSED THE RUDDER BANDS; rudders is in the plural number put for the singular: or rather, in those times they having two rudders, (as by several passages amongst the ancients do appear), they were bot...
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments And she bears in her midst also the trophy (which is erected) over death; for she carries with her the cross of the Lord.[137]...
Acts 27:40 And G2532 go G4014 (G5631) anchors G45 left G1439 (G5707) in G1519 sea G2281 meanwhile...
‘And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.' Then casting off the anc...
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 27:40. WHEN THEY HAD TAKEN UP THE ANCHORS. This was the first essential step. These anchors were, as we have seen (Acts 27:29), ‘cast out of the stern.' When this was done, the ship was free for...
CASTING OFF (περιελοντες). Second aorist active of περιαιρεω. Literally, "Having taken away from around," that is all four anchors from around the stern. Cf. the other verbs with αγκυρας in verse A...
TAKEN UP Or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea, etc....
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 s...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:40 The ship’s RUDDERS would have been pulled out of the water and tied down during the storm. They were now placed back in the water to steer the ship. The FORESAIL was a small sa...
_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...
Acts 27:29; Acts 27:30; Isaiah 33:23...
Taken up [π ε ρ ι ε λ ο ν τ ε ς]. Wrong. The word means to remove, and refers here to cutting the anchor - cables, or casting off, as Rev. Committed themselves [ε ι ω ν]. Wrong. The reference is to t...
Loosing the rudder bands — Their ships had frequently two rudders, one on each side. were fastened while they let the ship drive; but were now loosened, when they had need of them to steer her into th...