Scarce; with difficulty.
Cnidus; a town in the province of Caria next west of Lycia. It is in the south-western angle of Asia Minor, and has the isle of Rhodes opposite to it.
Under Crete; near that island.
Salmone; the eastern extremity of Crete.
Verse Acts 27:7. _SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS_] Partly because the _wind_ was contrary, and partly because the vessel was _heavy laden_. _OVER AGAINST CNIDUS_] This was a city or promontory of Asia, oppo...
HAD SAILED SLOWLY - By reason of the prevalence of the western winds, Acts 27:4. OVER AGAINST CNIDUS - This was a city standing on a promontory of the same name in Asia Minor, in the part of the prov...
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...
ACTS 27. PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME. [103] [103] On the whole chapter see _The Voyage and Shipwreck of S. Paul._ by James Smith, 1848; a book full of valuable information on the whole subject. ACTS 27:1...
When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Cohort Augusta called Julius. When we had embarked upon a ship of Adramyttium, w...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
WHEN, &C. = sailing slowly. Greek. _braduploeo._ Only here. After leaving the lee of Cyprus, the wind, hitherto astern, would now be on their port bow, and as ancient ships had not the same facility i...
_sailed slowly many days_ Kept back by the same head-winds. _and scarce were come over against Cnidus_ The word rendered "scarce" would be better "with difficulty." They had been forced to hug the coa...
ἘΝ ἹΚΑΝΑΙ͂Σ ΔῈ ἩΜΈΡΑΙΣ ΒΡΑΔΥΠΛΟΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ, _and sailing slowly for many days_, kept back by the same head-winds. ΚΑῚ ΜΌΛΙΣ ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῊΝ ΚΝΊΔΟΝ, _and with difficulty being come over against Cnidus_....
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ PAUL IS TAKEN TO ROME ACTS 27:1-12:_ It was the will of God that Paul preach in Rome. When it was time to sail to Italy he and some other prisoners were handed over to Julius, a centurion of Augustu...
ΙΚΑΝΌΣ (G2425) достаточно большой, ΒΡΑΔΥΠΛΟΟΎΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. (temp.) от_ ΒΡΑΔΥΠΛΟΈΩ (G1020) плыть медленно, ΜΌΛΙΣ (G3433) трудно, ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) быть,...
AND WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY— The Syriac assigns a reason for this, telling us that it was owing to the ship's being deeply laden; but there seems to be another, and a very sufficient reason assigned...
AT CNIDUS. Acts 27:7 a. Acts 27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, ACTS 27:7 A I see no point in using m...
7-8. The wind was still contrary when they left Myra. (7) "_And having sailed slowly many days, we reached Cnidus with difficulty, the wind not favoring us, and sailed under the lee of Crete, over aga...
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; And when we had sailed slowly many days - ow...
22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
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...
SCARCE] i.e. with difficulty. CNIDUS] a seaport of Caria. NOT SUFFERING US] viz. to pursue a direct course to Italy S. of Cape Malea. UNDER CRETE] i.e. under the lee of Crete (to the E. and S. of it)....
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...
WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS. — The Etesian gales from the north-west, which prevail in the Archipelago during the latter part of July and the whole of August, were still blowing strongly, and...
ἐν ἱκαναῖς ἡμέραις or ἱκανός : in temporal sense only in Luke in N.T., see Hawkins, p. 151, and _cf. Vindiciæ Lucanæ_ (Klostermann), p. 51. βραδυπλοοῦντες : Artemid., _Oneir._, iv., 30; ταχυπλοεῖν, Po...
ON A DANGEROUS VOYAGE Acts 27:1 The _we_ indicates that the good physician, Luke, had rejoined the party. Separated from Paul by the Apostle's imprisonment, he now accompanied him on the ship to Rome...
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...
Traveling in an Alexandrian Ship The ship Julius found was out of Alexandria and bound for Italy. Likely, this ship was part of a large, government regulated, commercial fleet of ships which carried m...
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against (a) Salmone; (a) Which was a high hill of Crete....
We sailed hard by Crete, now Cadia, _near by Salmone, sailing betwixt them. (Witham)_...
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. (2) And entering into a ship of Adramyt...
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 WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS,.... Because of contrary winds, as in Acts 27:4 or else for want of wind, as some think; the Syriac version renders it, "and because it sailed heavily"; that is...
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; Ver. 7. _Salmone_] A high cliff of Crete. Se...
_And the next day we touched at Sidon_ A celebrated city on the Phenician coast, not far from Tyre. Here Julius, to whose care the prisoners had been delivered, being a man of singular humanity, allow...
THE VOYAGE FROM CAESAREA TO MELITA. From Caesarea to Fair Havens:...
AND WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS, AND SCARCE WERE COME OVER AGAINST CNIDUS, THE WIND NOT SUFFERING US, WE SAILED UNDER CRETE, OVER AGAINST SALMONE;...
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...
WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS, AND ARRIVED WITH DIFFICULTY OFF CNIDUS, THE WIND NOT PERMITTING US TO PROCEED, WE SAILED UNDER THE SHELTER OF CRETE OFF SALMONE. 1. After several days they finall...
CRETE: Or, Candy...
"When we had sailed slowly for. good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus" The distance from Myra to the island of Cnidus was 130 miles, and could have been covered in. little more th...
1-11 It was determined by the counsel of God, before it was determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for God had work for him to do there. The course they steered, and the pl...
HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS; the wind being contrary, or at least very bare, and, it may be, their ship much laden. CNIDUS; a city or promontory over against CRETE, which is now called Candia, a known...
7-8. The wind was still contrary when they left Myra. (7) "_ And having sailed slowly many days, we reached Cnidus with difficulty, the wind not favoring us, and sailed under the lee of Crete, over ag...
Acts 27:7 When G1161 slowly G1020 (G5723) G1722 many G2425 days G2250 and G2532 arrived G1096 ...
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...
‘And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further allowing us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone, and with difficul...
Acts 27:7. SAILED SLOWLY. If, as is said in what immediately follows, ‘ _many days_ ' had passed after leaving Myra, while yet they ‘ _scarce were come over against Cnidus,_ ' they must have sailed ‘...
WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY (βραδυπλοουντες). Present active participle of βραδυπλοεω (βραδυς, slow, πλους, voyage). Literally, "sailing slowly," not "having or had sailed slowly." Only here and in A...
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...
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...
FOUND A SHIP FROM ALEXANDRIA. Alexandria is on the northern coast of Africa. They are headed for Italy. The map shows what distances they were sailing. Acts 27:38 shows they were carrying wheat. SAIL...
_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...
_And when we had sailed slowly many days._ SLOW SAILING As on board our ships, one has not always a favourable wind, and does not always proceed quickly forward, so the Christian in his journey thro...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:7 The normal route from Myra to Rome would have taken them south of Rhodes and north of CRETE to Sicily. They were already well off course when they reached CNIDUS (southwestern t...
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 27:1. DETERMINED.—By Festus. Not as to purpose (Acts 25:12), but as to time, which was late in autumn, A.D. 60, and manner, which was by sea. WE.—Last used (Acts 21:15). Here i...
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 2:11; Acts 27:12; Acts 27:13; Acts 27:21; Acts 27:4;...
Many [ι κ α ν α ι ς]. See on Luke 7:6. Scarce [μ ο λ ι ς]. Incorrect. Render, as Rev., with difficulty. See, also, hardly, in verse 8. The meaning is not that they had scarcely reached Cnidus when the...
Cnidus — was a cape and city of Caria....