Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 27:23
The God whose I am, and whom I serve — How short a compendium of religion! Yet how full! Comprehending both faith, hope, and love.
The God whose I am, and whom I serve — How short a compendium of religion! Yet how full! Comprehending both faith, hope, and love.
Verse Acts 27:23. _THE - GOD, WHOSE I AM, AND WHOM I SERVE_] This Divine communication was intended to give credit to the apostle and to his doctrine; and, in such perilous circumstances, to speak so...
THERE STOOD BY ME - There appeared to me. THE ANGEL OF GOD - The messages of God were often communicated by angels. See Hebrews 1:14. This does not mean that there was any particular angel, but simpl...
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...
STOOD BY. Greek. _paristemi._ Compare Acts 1:10. THE. an. GOD. App-98. SERVE Greek. _latreuo._ App-137 and App-190...
_the angel of God_ [_R. V._ AN ANGEL of THE God]. In speaking to heathens this would be the sense which the Apostle designed to convey. They had their own gods. But St Paul stood in a different relati...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΟὟ ΕἸΜῚ ἘΓΏ, ὯΙ ΚΑῚ ΛΑΤΡΕΎΩ, ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ, _an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve_. In speaking to heathens this would be the sense which the Apostle designed to convey. They had the...
_ 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...
ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936) стоять рядом, появляться перед, ΝΥΚΤΊ _dat. sing. от_ ΝΎΞ ночь. _Dat._ времени, ΘΕΟΎ _gen. sing. от_ ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог. Эмфатическое по своему положению....
THE ANGEL OF GOD,— _An angel of the God._ &c. There was great propriety in this, as St. Paul was speaking to _heathens._...
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...
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, For there stood by me this night the ('an') angel of God - as Acts 16:9; Acts 23:11; Whose I am (see the note at Roma...
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...
27:23 serve, (e-13) As ch. 7.7....
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...
THE ANGEL] rather, 'an angel.' For other visions of Paul see Acts 18:9; Acts 22:18; Acts 23:11....
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...
FOR THERE STOOD BY ME THIS NIGHT... — With most others of the enthusiastic type of character, visions, real or supposed, of messengers from the unseen world have produced terror and agitation. With St...
παρέστη … ἄγγελος : on this Lucan phrase and description of angelic appearances _cf._ Luke 2:9; Luke 24:4; Acts 12:7 (Acts 23:11), and see above,...
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...
_An Angel of God. Literally, of the God whose I am; that is, whose servant I am. (Witham)_...
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...
_A GOOD COMPANION_ ‘Whose I am, and whom I serve.’ Acts 27:23 I. CHRISTIAN MANLINESS.—Like a true man, St. Paul came to the front in the hour of danger. The ship is drifting to her ruin; the sailor...
− 23._For there stood by me. _Lest he might be accused of rashness, for promising so fully that they should be all safe, he bringeth in God for his author and witness. Neither is it to be doubted but...
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...
FOR THERE STOOD BY ME THIS NIGHT THE ANGEL OF GOD,.... One of the ministering, spirits that stand before God, and who was sent by him to the apostle; and appeared to him, either in a vision by a dream...
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Ver. 23. _Whose I am, and whom I serve_] Lo, how holily he speaks, and like a Christian, among a company of profane an...
_For_, &c. As if he had said, It is not without good authority that I speak in so express and positive a manner, with regard to an event which seems to you utterly improbable; _there stood by me this...
FOR THERE STOOD BY ME THIS NIGHT THE ANGEL OF GOD, WHOSE I AM AND WHOM I SERVE,...
Paul comforts crew and passengers:...
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...
FOR THERE STOOD BY ME THIS NIGHT AN ANGEL OF THE GOD TO WHOM I BELONG AND WHOM I SERVE, 1. Paul now reveals his source. An angel of God, came to Paul and revealed this information. 2. For the pagans...
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...
A good introduction to recommend the true God, and the gospel of his Son. Paul, who knew the certainty of what he had predicted, owns himself to be now in the service of God, that not unto him, but un...
Acts 27:23 For G1063 by G3936 (G5627) me G3427 this G5026 night G3571 angel G32 God G2316 whom...
“For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, saying, “Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar, and lo, God has granted you all those who sail with...
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...
FOR THERE STOOD BY ME (παρεστη γαρ μο). Second aorist active (intransitive) indicative of παριστημ with the locative case (beside me). The very form used by Paul of his trial (2 Timothy 4:17) when ...
THE ANGEL An angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve. (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
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...
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...
_For there stood by me this night the angel of God._ THE ANGEL OF GOD I. Paul’s consolations. 1. The visit of the angel. Once it would have alarmed him. Rut then he was in the service of the prince...
_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...
_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...
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 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Timothy 1:3;...
The angel. Rev., correctly, an angel. There is no article. Of God [τ ο υ θ ε ο υ]. Rev., correctly, supplies the article : "the God," added because Paul was addressing heathen, who would have underst...