Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Acts 27:29
They cast four anchors - On account of the violence of the storm and waves, to make, if possible, the ship secure.
And wished for the day - To discern more accurately their situation and danger.
They cast four anchors - On account of the violence of the storm and waves, to make, if possible, the ship secure.
And wished for the day - To discern more accurately their situation and danger.
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 29. _CAST FOUR ANCHORS OUT OF THE STERN_] By this time the storm must have been considerably abated; though the agitation of the sea could not have subsided much. The anchors were cast out of th...
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...
LEST. lest perchance. UPON. The texts read _kata._ App-104. ROCKS. rough (Greek. _trachus._ Only here and Luke 3:5) places. ANCHORS _nkura_. Only here, verses: Acts 27:30; Acts 27:40;...
_lest we should have fallen upon rocks_ [_R.V._should be cast ashore on rocky ground]. That rocks were near was evident from the dashing of the waves. But the morning, even with the faint light which...
ἘΚΠΈΣΩΜΕΝ for ἐκπέσωσιν with אABCHLP. _Vulg_. ‘incideremus.’ 29. ΦΟΒΟΎΜΕΝΟΊ ΤΕ ΜΉΠΟΥ ΚΑΤᾺ ΤΡΑΧΕΙ͂Σ ΤΌΠΟΥΣ ἘΚΠΈΣΩΜΕΝ, _and fearing lest we should be cast ashore somewhere on rocky ground_. That rocks...
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...
ΦΟΒΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part._ (причины), _см._ Acts 27:17. ΜΉ чтобы не (_см._ Acts 27:17). ΤΡΑΧΎΣ (G5138) острый, скалистый, ΈΚΠΈΣΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act., см._...
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 27...
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of...
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...
FEARING LEST WE SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UPON ROCKS. — Literally, _upon rough places_ — the reefs of rock which were indicated by the breakers and by the diminished depth of water. THEY CAST FOUR ANCHORS OU...
φοβούμενοι : the diminution of the depth of water increased the danger of running aground, perhaps on some hidden reef of rocks. τραχεῖς τόπους, _cf._ Luke 3:5, in quotation Isaiah 40:4; nowhere else...
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...
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...
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...
THEN FEARING LEST THEY SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UPON ROCKS,.... Or rough places, as shelves, rocks, or sands, as they might well fear, when the water shallowed so fast, from 20 to 15 fathoms: THEY CAST FOU...
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Ver. 29. _Wished for the day_] Wish we as much for the day of redemption, when aft...
_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...
FOUR ANCHORS; to hold the ship where she was. STERN; the hinder part of the ship. FOR THE DAY; for daylight, that they might see where they were....
In sight of land:...
THEN, FEARING LEST WE SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UPON ROCKS, THEY CAST FOUR ANCHORS OUT OF THE STERN AND WISHED FOR THE DAY....
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...
THEN, FEARING LEST WE SHOULD RUN AGROUND ON THE ROCKS, THEY DROPPED FOUR ANCHORS FROM THE STERN, AND PRAYED FOR DAY TO COME. 1. The grease on the plummet was not covered in sand. So they are concerne...
"Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks" With the rapid deceasing depth and the fact it was night and could not see where they were headed there was the natural fear of hitting. reef...
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...
FALLEN UPON ROCKS; of which there are very many in these seas, especially about the islands. CAST FOUR ANCHORS; which show how great the tempest was, that they needed so many anchors. WISHED FOR THE D...
Acts 27:29 Then G5037 fearing G5399 (G5740) lest G3381 G4458 aground G1601 (G5632) (G5625)...
“But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country, and they sounded, and found...
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 27:29. FEARING LEST WE SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UPON ROCKS. It might seem now that they not only heard breakers at a distance, but now heard them directly ahead. Such is Mr. Smith's view. This is not,...
LEST HAPLY WE SHOULD BE CAST ASHORE ON ROCKY GROUND (μη που κατα τραχεις τοπους εκπεσωμεν). The usual construction after a verb of fearing (μη and the aorist subjunctive εκπεσωμεν). Literally, "Lest...
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...
_But when the fourteenth night was come … about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country._ LAND AHEAD I. Men possess that which tells them there is land ahead. “The shipmen dee...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:29 THE ROCKS. The location was probably the rocky area on the northeastern coast of Malta, known today as Point Koura. Ancient ships had multiple anchors. The FOUR ANCHORS FROM TH...
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 27:17; Acts 27:30; Acts 27:40; Acts 27:41; Deuteronomy 28:67;...