Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 27:30
The sailors were attempting to flee out of the ship — Supposing the boat would go more safely over the shallows.
The sailors were attempting to flee out of the ship — Supposing the boat would go more safely over the shallows.
ACTS 27:29-30 At the close of ver. Acts 27:29 several Western witnesses (itgig vgmss) add _ut sciremus an salvi esse possimus_ (_possemus_ vgmss) (“that we might know whether we could be saved”), a c...
Verse 30. _THE SHIPMEN_] _The sailors - let down the boat_. Having lowered the boat from the deck into the sea, they pretended that it was necessary to carry some anchors _ahead_, to keep her from be...
THE SHIPMEN - The sailors, leaving the prisoners. UNDER COLOUR - Under pretence. They pretended that it was necessary to get into the boat, and carry the anchors ahead of the ship so as to make it se...
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...
ABOUT. seeking. WHEN, &C. and had let down. Greek. _chalao,_ as in Acts 27:17. UNDER COLOUR. by pretence. Greek. _prophasis._ Else-where, Matthew 23:14.Mark 12:40;...
_were about to flee_ The Greek is better represented by the _R. V._"were seeking to flee." They had hit upon a device which they thought would enable them to have the first chance for safety and now t...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΤΩ͂Ν ΔῈ ΝΑΥΤΩ͂Ν ΖΗΤΟΎΝΤΩΝ ΦΥΓΕΙ͂Ν, _and when the shipmen were seeking to flee_. They had hit upon a device which they thought would enable them to have the first chance for safety, and now they set ab...
_ 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...
ΖΗΤΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать, пытаться, с _inf. Gen. abs._ ΦΥΓΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΦΕΎΓΩ (G724) бежать, ΧΑΛΑΣΆΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 27:17. _Gen...
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...
30-32. Under circumstances like these, both the nobler and the baser traits of human character have fair opportunity to exhibit themselves. The strong and skillful have often been known to save themse...
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, And as the shipmen ('sail...
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 AS THE SHIPMEN WERE ABOUT TO FLEE... — The hour of danger called out the natural instinct of self-preservation, to the exclusion of better feelings. It was easy for the sailors to urge that the sh...
ζητούντων : “and as the sailors were seeking,” R.V.; “about to flee,” A.V. is incorrect, for they were planning possible means of escape, and could scarcely be said to be about to escape, _cf._ [418]...
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...
(8) And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, (8) No matter how fou...
_The ship-men...having let down the boat into the sea; that is, had begun to let it down with ropes, &c. (Witham)_...
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...
− 30._And as the mariners sought. _The grace of the Holy Spirit appeareth in Paul, even in this point also, in that he did wisely admonish that the mariners should not be suffered to fly. For why doth...
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 AS THE SHIPMEN WERE ABOUT TO FLEE OUT OF THE SHIP,.... To save their lives, concluding that it was in the utmost danger, and that it would quickly, notwithstanding the anchors cast out, break away...
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Ver. 30. _And as the ship...
_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...
SHIPMEN; sailors. TO FLEE; escape to the shore, and leave the others to take care of themselves or perish. UNDER COLOR; under the pretence....
AND AS THE SHIPMEN WERE ABOUT TO FLEE OUT OF THE SHIP, WHEN THEY HAD LET DOWN THE BOAT INTO THE SEA, UNDER COLOR AS THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE CAST ANCHORS OUT OF THE FORESHIP,...
In sight of land:...
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 AS THE SAILORS WERE SEEKING TO ESCAPE FROM THE SHIP, WHEN THEY HAD LET DOWN THE SKIFF INTO THE SEA, UNDER PRETENSE OF PUTTING OUT ANCHORS FROM THE PROW, 1. Some of the sailors could not seem to w...
"On the pretense" "The sailors now attempted to make sure of their own safety at the expense of the others on board. They lowered the dinghy into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out an...
30-38 God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but temp...
HAD LET DOWN THE BOAT; that they might betake themselves into it, after they had left the ship: for, ACTS 27:17, they had taken up the boat, and secured that against this or the like occasion. AS THOU...
30-32. Under circumstances like these, both the nobler and the baser traits of human character have fair opportunity to exhibit themselves. The strong and skillful have often been known to save themse...
Acts 27:30 And G1161 sailors G3492 seeking G2212 (G5723) escape G5343 (G5629) from G1537 ship G4143 when...
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 as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to...
_Attempt of the Sailors to leave the Ship baffled by the Apostle,_ 30 - 32. Acts 27:30. WHEN THEY HAD LET DOWN THE BOAT INTO THE SEA. This was the boat which had cost so much trouble before (see Acts...
THE SAILORS (των ναυτων). Old word from ναυς (ship), in N.T. only here, verse Acts 27:30; Revelation 18:17.WERE SEEKING (ζητουντων). Genitive absolute again with present active participle of ζητε...
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...
_And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship._ SELFISHNESS I. Its hideous character. 1. Its cowardice. They sought to flee out of the ship. 2. Its cunning. “Under colour,” pretending “as...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:30 THE SAILORS WERE SEEKING TO ESCAPE. They decided to take the ship’s only small boat and get themselves safely to shore. Such a selfish action would leave no one on the ship wit...
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...
Acts 27:16; Acts 27:32; Acts 27:41...
Under color [π ρ ο φ α σ ε ι]. Lit., on pretense. Cast [ε κ τ ε ι ν ε ι ν]. Lit., to stretch out. The meaning is, to carry out an anchor to a distance from the prow by means of the small boat. Rev.,...