and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.
1. Those who can't swim, could grab boards or some part of the ship that would serve as a flotation device.
2. Every life was saved. All 276 on board make it to land.
Verse Acts 27:44. _AND THE REST_] That could not swim: _some on boards_, planks, spars, c., got _safe to land_ manifestly by an especial providence of God; for how otherwise could the sick, the aged,...
AND THE REST - Those who could not swim. THEY ESCAPED ALL SAFE TO LAND - According to the promise which was made to Paul, Acts 27:22. This was done by the special providence of God. It was a remarkabl...
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...
When day came they did not recognize the land; but they saw a bay with a beach, on which they purposed, if it was possible, to run the ship ashore. They loosed the anchors and let them go into the sea...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
THE REST. Greek. _loipos:_ App-124. SOME. some indeed. BOARDS. planks. Greek. _sanis_. Only here. BROKEN PIECES: i.e. any kind of wreckage. Literally some of the things. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ Ap...
_and the rest_ The nominative is here left pendent, both in the original and the translation. We supply readily in thought the needful words "should get to the land." _some on boards_[_R. V._planks] _...
ΚΑῚ ΤΟῪΣ ΛΟΙΠΟΎΣ, _and that the rest_. The case is left pendent, because of the long apposition which immediately follows. Some needful words = ‘should get to the land’ are readily supplied in thought...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ THE HORRORS OF A SHIPWRECK ACTS 27:39-44:_ When morning came they decided to try to run the ship aground on the beach. They raised the sail and allowed the wind carry the ship toward the beach. When...
ΟΥΣ ΜΈΝ... ΟΎΣ ΔΈ некоторые... другие, ΣΑΝΊΣΙΝ _dat. pl._ от ΣΑΝΊΣ (G4548) доска, бревно. _Instr. dat._ ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 27:7. ΔΙΑΣΩΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf., см._ Acts 27:43....
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 43...
And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship...
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 THE REST, SOME ON BOARDS... — These were probably planks from the decks. The words “broken pieces are not in the Greek, but fairly express its force. Literally, _on some of the things from the shi...
τοὺς λ., _sc_. ἐξιέναι ἐπὶ τῆν γῆν. οὓς μὲν … οὓς δὲ, Luke 23:33, and in classical Greek. ἐπὶ σανίσιν : “some on planks and some on pieces from the ship,” Ramsay; the planks which were in use in the s...
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...
Shipwrecked! As day broke, it became clear why Paul had said the sailors needed to stay on board. Though they did not recognize the land which stood nearby, they did know how to guide the ship toward...
(14) And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. (14) The goodness of God overcomes man's malice....
_The rest...they carried on planks. That is, let them be carried on planks; and all got safe to land, in the number two hundred and seventy-six souls, or persons. (Witham)_...
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. (40) And when they had taken...
REFLECTIONS How blessedly the Prophet Nahum spake, when he said, the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm! And how fully proved, was that way manifested, in all the circumstances of th...
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 THE REST, SOME ON BOARDS,.... Doors, tables, planks, or any such like things: AND SOME ON BROKEN PIECES OF THE SHIP; or what came from it, as masts, beams, c. AND SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT THEY ES...
And the rest, some on boards, and some on _broken pieces_ of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. Ver. 44. _Hominum malitiam vincit Dei bonitas, _ saith Beza here. Go...
_And_ In this critical juncture, as there were several prisoners on board, who were to be conveyed in custody to Rome; _the soldiers' counsel was to kill them_ A counsel most unjust, ungrateful, and c...
The escape from the ship:...
AND THE REST, SOME ON BOARDS, AND SOME ON BROKEN PIECES OF THE SHIP. AND SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT THEY ESCAPED ALL SAFE TO LAND. When it was day, when it became light enough to distinguish objects plai...
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...
39-44 The ship that had weathered the storm in the open sea, where it had room, is dashed to pieces when it sticks fast. Thus, if the heart fixes in the world in affection, and cleaving to it, it is...
SOME ON BOARDS, AND SOME ON BROKEN PIECES OF THE SHIP; still using means, though it was of God only that they had them, and that they were effectual to them. In this history is lively verified that of...
Acts 27:44 and G2532 rest G3062 some G3739 G3303 on G1909 boards G4548 and G1161 some G3739 on...
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 27:44. SOME ON BOARDS, AND SOME ON BROKEN PIECES OF THE SHIP. There is nothing in the original to correspond with the word ‘broken.' But no doubt the meaning is correctly given. The contrast is b...
SOME ON PLANKS (ους μεν επ σανισιν). Common Greek idiom (ους μεν--ους δε) for "some--some." The only N.T. instance of the old Greek word σανις for board or plank. The breaking of the ship gave scra...
Acts 27:44 Safe to Land. I. In reading the narrative of this voyage and shipwreck (1) the first impression on the mind is produced by the prisoner, the Apostle Paul. He is singularly unlike a prisone...
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...
A BAY WITH A BEACH. This would be the safest place to run aground. These sailors may have landed on Malta many times before, but did not recognize this part of the coast. SO THEY OUT OFF THE ANCHORS....
_And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship._ And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. SAFE TO LAND They were all saved notwithstanding-- I. Their fears...
_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...
1 Peter 4:18; 2 Corinthians 1:8; Acts 27:22; Acts 27:24; Amos 9:9;...
They all escaped safe to land — And some of them doubtless received the apostle as a teacher sent from God. These would find their deliverance from the fury of the sea, but an earnest of an infinitely...