NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Acts 27:35
Tertullian On Prayer
who in the ship, in presence of all, "made thanksgiving to God."[164]
Tertullian On Prayer
who in the ship, in presence of all, "made thanksgiving to God."[164]
ACTS 27:35 evsqi,ein {A} After evsqi,ein the Western text (614 1611 2147 copsa syrh with *) adds evpididou.j kai. h`mi/n (“having given also to us”). If one inquires who, in the mind of the Western r...
Verse 35. _GAVE THANKS TO GOD_] Who had provided the food, and preserved their lives and health to partake of it. Some think that he celebrated the _holy eucharist_ here: but this is by no means likel...
AND GAVE THANKS ... - This was the usual custom among the Hebrews. See the notes on Matthew 14:19. Paul was among those who were not Christians; but he was not ashamed of the proper acknowledgment of...
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 said these things, and taken bread, he. GAVE THANKS. Greek. _eucharisteo._ Only here and Acts 28:15 in Acts. First occurance. Matthew 15:36. BROKEN. Greek. _klao._ See Acts 2:46....
_gave thanks to God_ As he had advised, so he set the example of taking food. But he did more than this. He made an Eucharist of this meal. In the sight of the heathen soldiers and sailors, he brake t...
ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΊΣΤΗΣΕΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩ͂Ι, _he gave thanks to God_. As he had advised, so he set the example of taking food. But he did more than this. He made an Eucharist of this meal. In the sight of the heathen so...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ 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...
ΕΊΠΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 27:21. ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать. _Сопутств._ или _temp. part._ ΕΎΧΑΡΊΣΤΗΣΕΝ AOR, _ind. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить, возда...
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 33...
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, HE TOOK BREAD - `A LOAF,' ASSUMIN...
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...
All pious Jews gave thanks to God before taking food....
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...
HE TOOK BREAD, AND GAVE THANKS TO GOD. — The act was a common practice of devout Jews at the beginning and the end of meals. (See Note on Matthew 14:9.) To the heathen soldiers and sailors it was prob...
λαβὼν ἄρτον εὐχαρίστησε τῷ Θ., _cf._ Luke 22:19; Luke 24:30, with intentional solemnity (Weiss, Weizsäcker). The words are sometimes taken to mean that Paul simply encourages them by his own example t...
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...
− 35._He took bread. _That he may the better encourage them, by his own example, he taketh bread and eateth. Luke saith that he gave thanks, not only according to his daily custom, but because that se...
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 HE HAD THUS SPOKEN HE TOOK BREAD,.... A piece of bread, of common bread, into his hands; for this could never be the eucharist, or Lord's supper, which the apostle now celebrated, as some hav...
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken _it_, he began to eat. Ver. 35. _In presence of them all_] He was not ashamed of God...
_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...
The goodness of God should be felt and acknowledged in all our blessings; and when about to partake of the bounties of Providence, we should thank him for them, and ask him to make them the means of o...
Paul again encourages his shipmates:...
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, HE TOOK BREAD, AND GAVE THANKS TO GOD IN PRESENCE OF THEM ALL; AND WHEN HE HAD BROKEN IT, HE BEGAN TO EAT....
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 WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, HE TOOK BREAD AND GAVE THANKS TO GOD IN THE PRESENCE OF THEM ALL; AND WHEN HE HAD BROKEN IT BEGAN TO EAT. 1. Paul set the example. He took bread and gave thanks. 2...
Here is an example of. public prayer before. meal....
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...
Paul thanks God for their preservation hitherto: and there is no such encouragement to hope for future deliverances, as when God doth give us hearts to thank him for deliverances already enjoyed. But...
Acts 27:35 And G1161 said G2036 (G5631) things G5023 G2532 took G2983 (G5631) bread G740 thanks...
‘And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.' Then he led by example and taking bread, deliberately and publicly ga...
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 27:35. HE TOOK BREAD, AND GAVE THANKS TO GOD IN THE PRESENCE OF THEM ALL. It is difficult to believe that there was not at this moment in his mind a reminiscence of the Sacred Eucharist, especial...
GAVE THANKS TO GOD (ευχαριστησεν τω θεω). First aorist active indicative of ευχαριστεω from which our word "Eucharist" comes. It was saying grace like the head of a Hebrew family and the example of...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:35 Paul’s giving thanks and breaking bread was a testimony to his faith in the God who was about to deliver them. ⇐...
_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...
1 Corinthians 10:30; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:16; 1 Samuel 9:13;...