CHAPTER 27 PAUL’S VOYAGE TO ROME—SHIPWRECK AT MALTA § 1. Setting Sail; or, from Cæsarea to Fair Havens (Acts 27:1). § 2. Caught in a Storm; or, from Fair Havens to the Coast of Crete (Acts 27:9). § 3. Drifting on the Deep; or, Preparing for the Worst (Acts 27:15). § 4. Nearing the Breakers;... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 27:1. DETERMINED.—By Festus. Not as to purpose (Acts 25:12), but as to time, which was late in autumn, A.D. 60, and manner, which was by sea. WE.—Last used (Acts 21:15). Here including, besides Paul, Luke and Aristarchus of Thessalonica (Acts 27:2; Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4). Luk... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 27:9. SAILING meant the further prosecution of the voyage. THE FAST signified the Great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29 ff; Leviticus 23:26_ ff_.; Jos., _Ant._, XIV. xvi. 4), which the Jews celebrated on the 10th Tisri—_i.e._, about the beginning of October, after which sea... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ancient ships eyes were painted on each side of the bow; English sailors still call the “bow” the eyes of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 to the sea between Greece and Italy, it also embraced the ocean waters around Sicily and as far sout... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 out was THE WHEAT, τὸν σῖτον. Either (1) the ship’s provisions (Alford, Plumptre, Holtzmann, Hausrath... [ Continue Reading ]