Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 27:38
Casting out the wheat — So firmly did they now depend on what St. Paul had said.
Casting out the wheat — So firmly did they now depend on what St. Paul had said.
Verse 38. _THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP_] They hoped that, by casting out the lading, the ship would _draw less water_; in consequence of which, they could get nearer the shore....
THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP - By casting the wheat into the sea. As they had no hope of saving the cargo, and had no further use for it, they hoped that by throwing the wheat overboard the ship would draw...
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...
WHEN, &C. Having been satisfied (Greek. _korennumi._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 4:8) with food (Greek. _trophe,_ as in Acts 27:33). LIGHTENED. Greek. _kouphizo._ Only here. AND CAST OUT. casting ou...
_And when they had eaten enough Gk_. "And having been satisfied with food." When they had satisfied their present need, there was no use in trying to save more of the food which they had. So they set...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΚΟΡΕΣΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΤΡΟΦΗ͂Σ, _and when they had eaten enough_. Literally ‘having been satisfied with food.’ When they had satisfied their present need, there was no use in trying to save more of the food w...
_ 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...
ΚΟΡΕΣΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΟΡΈΝΝΥΜΙ (G2880) удовлетворять, ΈΚΟΎΦΙΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΚΟΥΦΊΖΩ (G2893) облегчать. Inch, _impf._, "они стали делать корабль легче" ΈΚΒΑΛΛΌΜΕΝΟΙ _pra...
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 37...
AND WHEN THEY HAD EATEN ENOUGH, THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP, AND CAST OUT THE WHEAT INTO THE SEA. _ And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea._ With fre...
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...
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 EATEN ENOUGH... — More accurately, _when they were filled with food._ The words describe a full and hearty meal. The first effect of this was seen in renewed activity for work. In sp...
κορεσθ., 1 Corinthians 4:8, nowhere else in N.T., with genitive of the thing with which one is filled, as in classical Greek. Alford refers to LXX, Deuteronomy 31:20, but see Hatch and Redpath, _sub v...
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...
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...
− 38._And when they had eaten enough. _This circumstance doth show that they were at length moved with Paul’s words. It was not yet light, that they could know whether there were any haven near. And y...
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 EATEN ENOUGH,....] Were satisfied, having eaten a full meal: THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP; of its burden, that it might the better carry them to the shore, and that by the following meth...
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. Ver. 38. _Cast out the wheat_] _Fastidientes divinum verbum, et damnum et dedecus pall oportet._ "Behold!...
_While the day was coming on_ Before they had light sufficient to discern what they should do; _Paul besought them all to take meat_ To take some refreshment; _saying, This is the fourteenth day that...
CAST OUT THE WHEAT; to lighten the ship, and get it as near the shore as possible....
Paul again encourages his shipmates:...
AND WHEN THEY HAD EATEN ENOUGH, THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP, AND CAST OUT THE WHEAT INTO THE SEA. That the events of the last two weeks, the terrible buffeting by wind and waves, the constant danger of de...
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...
SO WHEN THEY HAD EATEN ENOUGH THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP AND THEW OUT THE WHEAT INTO THE SEA. 1. When they had eaten they further lightened the ship. 2. This time they throw the wheat (flour for making...
The passengers eat. hearty meal and now have the strength and resolve to lighten the ship even further by unfolding the wheat on board. It appears that up to this point the crew had been trying not on...
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...
CAST OUT THE WHEAT, the provision they had for their sustenance. This is the third time that they lightened the ship, being willing that all their goods should perish for them, rather than with them....
Acts 27:38 So G1161 eaten G5160 enough G2880 (G5685) lightened G2893 (G5707) ship G4143 out G1544
‘And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.' Then when all had eaten sufficient, they lightened the ship by throwing all the grain that was left int...
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 27:38. THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP. This would require great and active labour; and the food they had taken was an essential condition of their doing it effectually. The cargo was now of no use, as i...
WHEN THEY HAD EATEN ENOUGH (κορεσθεντες τροφης). First aorist passive of κορεννυμ, old verb to satisfy, to satiate, with the genitive. Literally, "Having been satisfied with food." Here only in the...
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...
PAUL BEGGED THEM ALL TO EAT SOME FOOD. He seems to have taken charge of things in this crisis. They had eaten nothing for a long time (Acts 27:21), and were weak from hunger. NOT EVEN A HAIR OF YOUR H...
_Then the soldiers cut off the ropes._ PRECAUTIONS 1. By casting off the boat--the apparent means of safety--true safety in this case was secured. Thus many a soul is saved by giving up what it may...
_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...
_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 27:18; Acts 27:19; Hebrews 12:1; Job 2:4; Jonah 1:5;...
Here observe, 1. How willing men in distress are to part with all things for the preservation of life; these sea-faring men are here found three times lightening their ship of her lading and burden; f...