Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 27:41
Two seas met; and formed a sand-bar or bank, stretching out into the sea.
Stuck - fast; in the sand, so that they could get no nearer to the shore.
Two seas met; and formed a sand-bar or bank, stretching out into the sea.
Stuck - fast; in the sand, so that they could get no nearer to the shore.
ACTS 27:41 u`po. th/j bi,aj @tw/n kuma,twn# {C} While it may be true, as Ropes points out, that “the curtness of u`po. th/j bi,aj led to various expansions,” it is also true that the penchant of Alex...
Verse 41. _WHERE TWO SEAS MEET_] The tide running down from each side of the tongue of land, mentioned Acts 27:39, and meeting at the point. _RAN THE SHIP AGROUND_] In striving to cross at this point...
AND FALLING - Being carried by the wind and waves. INTO A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET - Greek: into a place of a double sea - διθάλασσον dithalasson. That is, a place which was washed on both sides by t...
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)...
AND. But. FALLING. Greek. _peripipto._ Only here, Luke 10:30; James 1:2. WHERE TWO SEAS MET. Greek. _dilhalassos._ Only here.. sand bank formed by opposing currents. RAN... AGROUND. Greek. _epokell...
_And falling into a place where two seas met_ The conjunction should here be rendered adversatively "But." The verse goes on to describe some circumstances which defeated the intention of the sailors....
ΤΩ͂Ν ΚΥΜΆΤΩΝ omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. has ‘a vi maris.’ 41. ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΌΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΕἸΣ ΤΌΠΟΝ ΔΙΘΆΛΑΣΣΟΝ, _but lighting upon a place where two seas met_. This is one of the features of the narrative by which...
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...
ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΊΠΤΩ (G4045) падать, наталкиваться, попадать на что-л.; здесь: наталкиваться на мель (BAGD). _Сопутств._ или _temp. part._ ΔΙΘΆΛΑΣΣΟΣ (G1337) с морем по обе стор...
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 39...
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. AND FALLIN...
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...
A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET] This may either mean, (1) a strait (i.e., in this case, the narrow strait which separates Selmun Island from the mainland); or, (2) a tongue of land (or spit of sand) washe...
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 FALLING INTO A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET. — Better, _But falling,_ as in contrast with the attempt described in the previous verse. At the west end of St. Paul’s Bay lies the island of Salmonetta....
περιπ. δὲ εἰς τ. διθ.: Luke 10:30; James 1:2, with the dative, as generally, but Arrian, περιπίπτειν εἰς τόπους πετρώδεις (Wetstein), 2Ma 6:13; 2Ma 10:4, Polyb., i., 37, i. εἰς τόπον διθ.: a bank or a...
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...
And falling into a place where (i) two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. (i) So...
_Into a place where two seas met. [6] It happened that there was a neck or tongue of land, which being covered with the waves, they who were strangers to the coast did not discover: this stranded the...
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...
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...
− 41._They thrust in the ship. _And then it might seem that both God had mocked Paul, and that he, with trifling, had brought his partners in a vain hope; − (651) but God did forthwith put away that e...
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 FALLING INTO A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET,.... An "isthmus", on each side of which the sea ran; and which the inhabitants of Malta, as Beza says, show to this day, and call it, "la Cala de San Paulo...
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. Ver. 41. _...
_And when it was day_ And they had the shore before them; _they knew not the land_ And therefore were still at a loss what course to take; _but they discovered a certain creek_ A bay or bosom of the s...
AND FALLING INTO A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET, THEY RAN THE SHIP AGROUND; AND THE FOREPART STUCK FAST, AND REMAINED UNMOVABLE, BUT THE HINDER PART WAS BROKEN WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE WAVES....
The escape from the ship:...
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...
BUT STRIKING A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET, THEY RAN THE SHIP AGROUND; AND THE PROW STUCK FAST AND REMAINED IMMOVABLE, BUT THE STERN WAS BEING BROKEN BY THE VIOLENCE OF THE WAVES. 1. They come to a plac...
"But striking. reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable" As they headed for shore the unexpected happened, they hit. hidden sandbar. This ba...
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...
A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET; a shoal, sand or isthmus, where the sea was on both sides of it. They were now in the greatest extremity; and God suffers them to fall into it before he sends them delivera...
Acts 27:41 But G1161 striking G4045 (G5631) G1519 place G5117 met G1337 ran G2027 ship G3491 aground...
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...
‘But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground, and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.' For coming...
Acts 27:41. FALLING INTO A PLACE WHERE TWO SEAS MET. Assuming that the place of anchoring in the night was that which has been determined above, we have here one of the most remarkable helps for the i...
BUT LIGHTING UPON (περιπεσοντες δε). Second aorist active participle of περιπιπτω, old verb to fall into and so be encompassed by as in Luke 10:30; James 1:2. There is a current on one side of St. P...
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 27:2. _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 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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:41 The meaning of the word translated REEF is uncertain. It could also refer to a sandbar. Either way, the BOW became stuck in it....
_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 Kings 22:48; 2 Chronicles 20:37; 2 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 11:26;...
A place where two seas met — Probably by reason of a sand bank running parallel with the shore....