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Verse Acts 27:18. _LIGHTENED THE SHIP_] Of _what_, we know not; but it
was probably cumbrous _wares_, by which the _deck_ was thronged, and
which were prejudicial to the due _trim_ of the vessel....
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THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP - By throwing out a part of the cargo....
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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...
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TO MALTA. The Fast of the great Day of Atonement fell on the 10 th of
Tishri (Sept.- Oct.). The season for shipping ended November 11, and
opened again March 5; but voyages were counted dangerous afte...
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THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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Since a considerable time had elapsed and since it was now no longer
safe for sailing because the Fast was already past, Paul offered his
advice. "Gentlemen," he said, "I see that this voyage is going...
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EXCEEDINGLY. Greek. _sphodros_. Only here. The usual word is
_sphodros_ as in Matthew 2:10.
TOSSED WITH. TEMPEST. Greek. _cheimazomai._ Only here. Compare Acts
27:12
NEXT. Greek. _hexes._ See Acts 21...
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_And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest_ Better, with _R.
V._"and as we laboured exceedingly with the storm." The storm waxed in
violence.
_the next day they lightened the ship_ This is not as...
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ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
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ΣΦΟΔΡΩ͂Σ ΔῈ ΧΕΙΜΑΖΟΜΈΝΩΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν, _and as
we laboured exceedingly with the storm_, i.e. because it continually
increased in violence.
ἘΚΒΟΛῊΝ ἘΠΟΙΟΥ͂ΝΤΟ, _they lightened the ship_.
Literally ‘they made...
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_THE TERRIBLE STORM AT SEA ACTS 27:13-20:_ When a gentle wind from the
south blew the sailors thought it was a good time to sail as they had
planned. They pulled up the anchor and sailed along the coa...
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DRIVEN FOR FOURTEEN DAYS BY THE WIND. Acts 27:18-27.
Acts 27:18
And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began
to throw the freight overboard;
Acts 27:19
and the third day th...
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18-20. (18) "_And being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day we
lightened the vessel,_ (19) _and on the third day, with our own hands
we cast out the tackling of the ship._ (20) _And as neither th...
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And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they
lightened the ship;
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they
lightened the ship, [ EKBOLEEN (G1546 _ ) _ epo...
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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...
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LIGHTENED THE SHIP] by throwing part of the cargo overboard....
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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...
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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...
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THE NEXT DAY THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP. — St. Luke uses the technical
term for throwing the bulk of the cargo overboard. They effected, in
this way, the relief of the ship from the imminent danger of si...
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σφοδρῶς δὴ χειμαζ. ἡμῶν : “and as we laboured
exceedingly with the storm,” R.V., Ramsay, Rendall, a regular
nautical and classical term; _cf._ Thuc., ii., 25; iii., 69; viii.,
99; Plato, _Ion_, 540 B....
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SAVIOR OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY
Acts 27:14
The crew, being greatly exhausted by severe exertion and want of food,
were the more willing to listen to the Apostle when he came to the
front with his wise...
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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...
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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...
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(4) And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day]
they lightened the ship;
(4) The result proves that none provide worse for themselves than
those who commit themselves to be governe...
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_The lightened the ship by throwing overboard part of their loading
and goods. Some call it, they made the jetsam. (Witham)_...
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Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous,
because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, (10) And
said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with h...
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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...
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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...
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AND WE BEING EXCEEDINGLY TOSSED WITH A TEMPEST,.... Sometimes being
lifted up as it were to the heavens, and then presently sinking down,
as if they were going into the bottom of the sea; such a condi...
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And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next _day_ they
lightened the ship;
Ver. 18. _And being exceedingly tossed_] Seneca speaking of such as
have lived long to little purpose, not impr...
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_Running under a certain island called Clauda_ A little to the south
of the western coast of Crete. Such was the violence of the storm,
that _we had much work_ Great difficulty to become masters of th...
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LIGHTENED THE SHIP; threw overboard some of her cargo....
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The hurricane:...
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AND WE, BEING EXCEEDINGLY TOSSED WITH A TEMPEST, THE NEXT DAY THEY
LIGHTENED THE SHIP;...
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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...
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AND BECAUSE WE WERE EXCEEDINGLY TEMPEST TOSSED, THE NEXT DAY THEY
LIGHTENED THE SHIP.
1. The next day, the storm continued.
2. It was time to take the next step. Lighten the ship. This would
allow i...
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The next day things get even worse. "They begin to jettison the cargo"
Just imagine trying to pick up, carry upstairs and toss overboard
large sacks of wheat while the ship underneath your feet is bei...
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12-20 Those who launch forth on the ocean of this world, with a fair
gale, know not what storms they may meet with; and therefore must not
easily take it for granted that they have obtained their pur...
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Casting out the merchandise or lading which was in it, that the ship,
being so much lighter, might not so readily strike upon a rock, or be
swallowed up of the quicksands, it drawing so much the less...
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18-20. (18) "_ And being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day we
lightened the vessel,_ (19) _and on the third day, with our own hands
we cast out the tackling of the ship._ (20) And as neither th...
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Acts 27:18 And G1161 we G2257 exceedingly G4971 tempest-tossed G5492
(G5746) next G1836 ship G1546 G
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‘And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they
began to throw the freight overboard, and the third day they cast out
with their own hands the tackling of the ship.'
But the storm co...
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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...
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_Long-continued Severity of the Gale St. Paul's Address to the People
on board, in the midst of the Storm,_ 18 - 26.
Acts 27:18. THE NEXT DAY THEY LIGHTENED THE SHIP. This is said in
general terms to...
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AS WE LABOURED EXCEEDINGLY WITH THE STORM
(σφοδρως χειμαζομενων ημων). Genitive absolute
with present passive participle of χειμαζω, old verb to afflict
with a tempest (χειμα, stormy weather), to t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT SOON A VERY STRONG WIND. A "Northeaster," blowing from the
northeast, down from the island. It was a violent hurricane! They
tried to keep the ship headed into it, to ride out the storm. But when...
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_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...
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_But not long after there arose … a tempestuous wind, called
Euroclydon._
PAUL IN THE STORM
No landsman who has never been in a storm at; sea can truly picture
one. The description in our lesson is a...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:18 The CARGO may have been grain, although they
kept some of it (see v. Acts 27:38). The TACKLE may have been the b
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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 ...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 27:15. The result was that the vessel COULD NOT BEAR UP INTO THE
WIND—lit., _could not look into_, or face _the wind_—a remarkably
expressive phrase, considering that in ancien...
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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,...
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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...
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Acts 27:19; Acts 27:38; Hebrews 12:1; Jonah 1:5; Luke 16:8;...
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Lightened [ε κ β ο λ η ν ε π ο ι ο υ ν τ ο]. Lit.,
made a casting out. Rev., began to throw the freight overboard. Note
the imperfect, began to throw. The whole cargo was not cast overboard
: the whea...
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They lightened the ship — Casting the heavy goods into the sea....