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Verse Acts 27:27. _DRIVEN UP AND DOWN IN ADRIA_] Acts 27:17, Acts
27:17.
_DEEMED THAT THEY DREW NEAR TO SOME COUNTRY_] They judged so, either
by the _smell of land_, which tho
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THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT - From the time when the tempest commenced.
IN ADRIA - In the Adriatic Sea. This sea is situated between Italy and
Dalmatia, now called the Adriatic Gulf. But among the ancients t...
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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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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...
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THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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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...
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DRIVEN UP AND DOWN. Greek. _diaphero =_ to carry hither and thither.
Compare 13, 49. Mark 11:16. Then "to differ", as in the other
occurances. Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:31;...
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_the fourteenth night_ i.e. from the time of their sailing away from
Fair Havens. Since that time they had been constantly driven to and
fro.
_in Adria_ [_R. V._ IN _the sea of_Adria]. That part of t...
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ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
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ΤΕΣΣΑΡΕΣΚΑΙΔΕΚΆΤΗ ΝΎΞ, _the fourteenth night_,
i.e. from the time when they set sail from Fair Havens. Since that
time they had been constantly driven to and fro.
ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ἈΔΡΊΑΙ, _in the sea of Adria_...
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_ 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...
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IN ADRIA,— _In the Adriatic sea._ All that part of the Mediterranean
which lay south of Italy, was called by the ancients _the Adriatic
sea;_ and that which is now the gulph of Venice, was the _Sinus...
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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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27-29. Notwithstanding the assurance of final safety, their danger,
for a time, became more imminent. (27) "_And when the fourteenth night
was come, as we were driven along in the Adriatic Sea, about...
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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;
But when the fourteenth night - that is, from t...
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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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THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT] viz. from their departure from Fair Havens. IN
ADRIA] RV 'in the sea of Adria,' which lay between Malta, Italy,
Greece and Crete....
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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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WHEN THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT WAS COME. — The time is apparently
reckoned from their leaving the Fair Havens. (Comp. Acts 27:18; Acts
27:33.)
AS WE WERE DRIVEN UP AND DOWN IN ADRIA. — — The name was used...
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τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νύξ, _i.e._, since their
departure from Fair Havens, _cf._ Acts 27:18-19, see also the
reckonings of mileage in Breusing, p. 189, and Goerne, who reckons
from the departure from Caud...
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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...
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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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(7) But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and
down in (e) Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed (f) that they
drew near to some country;
(7) We attain and come to the promis...
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_In the Adria. Not in what we call the Adriatic gulf, or sea of
Venice, but that which lies betwixt Peloponnesus, Sicily, and Italy.
(Witham)_...
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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...
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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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BUT WHEN THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT WAS COME,.... From their setting out
from the Fair Havens in Crete, or from the beginning of the storm:
AS THEY WERE DRIVEN UP AND DOWN IN ADRIA: or "in the Adriatic sea...
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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;
Ver. 27. _In Adria_] That is, in the Adriatic Se...
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_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...
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FOURTEENTH NIGHT; after the commencement of the storm.
ADRIA : in the wider sense, including not only the Adriatic gulf, but
the Ionian sea south of it.
DEEMED; thought, judged....
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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,...
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In sight of land:...
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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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NOW WHEN THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT HAD COME, AS WE WERE DRIVEN UP AND DOWN
IN THE ADRIATIC SEA, ABOUT MIDNIGHT, THE SAILORS SENSED THAT THEY WERE
DRAWING NEAR SOME LAND.
1. They have been in this storm fo...
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"The fourteenth night had come" That is, the fourteenth night after
leaving Fair Havens. "The Adriatic Sea" The term Adriatic was. popular
way of referring to the entire east central region of the
Med...
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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...
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IN ADRIA; not in the Adriatic Bay, or Gulf of Venice, which divides
Italy and Dalmatia, though that be also so called; but this name is
sometimes extended to those parts of the Mediterranean Sea which...
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27-29. Notwithstanding the assurance of final safety, their danger,
for a time, became more imminent. (27) "_ And when the fourteenth
night was come, as we were driven along in the Adriatic Sea, about...
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Acts 27:27 Now G1161 when G5613 fourteenth G5065 night G3571 come
G1096 (G5633) we G2257 down G1308 ...
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“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...
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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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_Anchoring in the Night,_ 27 - 29.
Acts 27:27. WHEN THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT WAS COME. The reckoning, as
above in Acts 27:12; Acts 27:19, is from their leaving Fair Havens.
About a day must be. allowed, m...
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AS WE WERE DRIVEN TO AND FRO
(διαφερομενων ημων). Genitive absolute with present
passive participle of διαφερω, old verb to bear different ways
(δια=δυο, two), this way and that. Continued to be to...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:27 ADRIATIC SEA. In ancient times this area
extended south to Crete and Malta, farther than the modern Adriatic.
⇐...
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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 27:27. 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...
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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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1 Kings 9:27; Acts 27:18; Acts 27:30; Jonah 1:6; Revelation 18:17...
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Adria. The Adriatic Sea : embracing all that part of the Mediterranean
lying south of Italy, east of Sicily, and west of Greece.
Deemed [υ π ε ν ο ο υ ν]. Better, as Rev., suspected or
surmised.
Tha...
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The fourteenth night — Since they left Crete, Acts 27:18. In the
Adriatic sea — So the ancients called all that part of the
Mediterranean, which lay south of Italy....
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A farther account is here given both of the apostle's imminent danger
and extra-ordinary deliverance; for fourteen days together the ship
was continually tossed in the sea; at last the mariners cast f...