Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 27:8
The Fair Havens still retain the name. But the city of Lasea is now utterly lost, together with many more of the hundred cities for which Crete was once so renowned.
The Fair Havens still retain the name. But the city of Lasea is now utterly lost, together with many more of the hundred cities for which Crete was once so renowned.
Verse Acts 27:8. _THE FAIR HAVENS_] This port still remains, and is known by the same name; it was situated towards the northern extremity of the island. _WAS THE CITY_ OF _LASEA._] There is no city...
AND, HARDLY PASSING IT - Scarcely being able to pass by it without being wrecked. Being almost driven on it. They passed round the east end of the island because they had been unable to sail directly...
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...
ACTS 27. PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME. [103] [103] On the whole chapter see _The Voyage and Shipwreck of S. Paul._ by James Smith, 1848; a book full of valuable information on the whole subject. ACTS 27:1...
When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Cohort Augusta called Julius. When we had embarked upon a ship of Adramyttium, w...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
HARDLY. Greek. _m_ olis, as Acts 27:7. PASSING. Greek. _paralegomai._ Only here and Acts 27:13. They had difficulty in weathering the point. UNTO. Greek. _eis_. App-104. THE FAIR HAVENS. Fair Haven...
_and hardly passing it_ "Hardly" is in the original the same word which was rendered "scarce" in the previous verse. Read (with _R. V._) "with difficulty coasting along it." The verb represents the vo...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΜΌΛΙΣ ΤΕ ΠΑΡΑΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΉΝ, _and with difficulty coasting along it_. παραλέγεσθαι describes a voyage made by keeping close to the shore of the island. Against a wind N.W., or nearly so, the island...
_ PAUL IS TAKEN TO ROME ACTS 27:1-12:_ It was the will of God that Paul preach in Rome. When it was time to sail to Italy he and some other prisoners were handed over to Julius, a centurion of Augustu...
ΠΑΡΑΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (conymcme.)_ от ΠΑΡΑΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ (G3881) мореходный термин, плыть у берегов, плыть вдоль берега (BAGD). Вероятно, они плыли вдоль береговой линии, используя каждое д...
AND, HARDLY PASSING IT,— _And passing it with difficulty. The fair havens,_ so called to this day, was a considerable port in that part of Crete; not far from which was the city of _Lasea,_ or _Alassa...
AT FAIR HAVENS. Acts 27:8-15. Acts 27:8 and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. Acts 27:9 And when much time was...
See notes on verse 7...
AND, HARDLY PASSING IT, CAME UNTO A PLACE WHICH IS CALLED THE FAIR HAVENS; NIGH WHEREUNTO WAS THE CITY OF LASEA. And, hardly passing it _ , [_ molis ( G3433) paralegomenoi ( G3881) AUTEEN (G846)] -...
22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
FAIR HAVENS] where St. Paul waited for a considerable time (Acts 27:9), still preserves its ancient name. It is a small bay situated about 6 m. E. of Cape Litino. It is secure only against N. and NW....
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, HARDLY PASSING IT. — The Greek adverb is the same as the “scarce” of Acts 27:7, and should be translated as before, _with difficulty._ A PLACE WHICH IS CALLED THE FAIR HAVENS. — It was obvious th...
μόλις τε παραλεγ. αὐτὴν : “and with difficulty coasting along it,” _i.e._, Crete on the southern side with difficulty because under the same conditions as in their journey along the coast of Asia Mino...
ON A DANGEROUS VOYAGE Acts 27:1 The _we_ indicates that the good physician, Luke, had rejoined the party. Separated from Paul by the Apostle's imprisonment, he now accompanied him on the ship to Rome...
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...
Traveling in an Alexandrian Ship The ship Julius found was out of Alexandria and bound for Italy. Likely, this ship was part of a large, government regulated, commercial fleet of ships which carried m...
_Called Good-havens, a port on the east part of Crete, near the city of Thalassa, in the Greek text Lasea. (Witham)_...
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. (2) And entering into a ship of Adramyt...
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 HARDLY PASSING IT,.... That is, Salmone, with great difficulty, because of the winds: CAME UNTO A PLACE WHICH IS CALLED THE FAIR HAVENS; called by other writers Cale Acte, or the fair shore, and...
And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city _of_ Lasea. Ver. 8. _Called The fair havens_] Which name it retains also at this day, Calos Lime...
_And the next day we touched at Sidon_ A celebrated city on the Phenician coast, not far from Tyre. Here Julius, to whose care the prisoners had been delivered, being a man of singular humanity, allow...
HARDLY PASSING IT; coasting along it with difficulty. FAIR HAVENS; on the southern side of Crete, about midway between its eastern and western extremities....
AND, HARDLY PASSING IT, CAME UNTO A PLACE WHICH IS CALLED THE FAIR HAVENS; NIGH WHEREUNTO WAS THE CITY OF LASEA. The hearing before Agrippa, which gave him as well as Festus the conviction that. Paul...
THE VOYAGE FROM CAESAREA TO MELITA. From Caesarea to Fair Havens:...
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...
PASSING IT WITH DIFFICULTY, WE CAME TO A PLACE CALLED FAIR HAVENS, NEAR THE CITY OF LASEA. 1. Fair Havens, also called Fair Shore, is a small island near Crete and occupied by Cretians. 2. Fair Have...
"And with difficulty" But such. trip still was tedious, difficult and taxed the expertise of the crew. "Fair Havens" "Fair Havens was nothing more than. small bay. In fact the nearest town was two hou...
1-11 It was determined by the counsel of God, before it was determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for God had work for him to do there. The course they steered, and the pl...
THE FAIR HAVENS; or, the fair or good shore, that being accounted the best which is safest for ships to ride in or enter into. A place of this name remains to this day (as some tell us) in the island...
Acts 27:8 G5037 Passing G3881 (G5740) it G846 difficulty G3433 came G2064 (G5627) to G1519 a...
‘And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further allowing us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone, and with difficul...
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 27:8. HARDLY PASSING IT. The word here again is μόλις. which expresses difficulty. It seems that they were hardly able to accomplish their purpose: but they did accomplish it; and from this circu...
COASTING ALONG (παραλεγομενο). Present middle participle of παραλεγω, to lay beside, not from λεγω, to collect or λεγω, to say. Diodorus Siculus uses παραλεγομα in precisely this sense of coasting...
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...
FOUND A SHIP FROM ALEXANDRIA. Alexandria is on the northern coast of Africa. They are headed for Italy. The map shows what distances they were sailing. Acts 27:38 shows they were carrying wheat. SAIL...
_And when we had sailed slowly many days._ SLOW SAILING As on board our ships, one has not always a favourable wind, and does not always proceed quickly forward, so the Christian in his journey thro...
_And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy! _ ST. Paul’s voyage The power of religion is best seen when it is exhibited in living reality. It is so as to its sanctifying energy. It i...
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 ...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:8 The location of FAIR HAVENS is uncertain. There is a town on the southern coast of Crete with that name today. It is probably close to the ancient site....
_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 i...
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 27:8...