Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 27:26
St. Paul here speaks as a prophet, and accurately predicts the future.
St. Paul here speaks as a prophet, and accurately predicts the future.
Verse Acts 27:26. _WE MUST BE CAST UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND._] The angel which gave him this information did not tell him the name of the island. It turned out to be _Melita_, on which, by the violence o...
HOWBEIT - Nevertheless. UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND - Malta. See Acts 28:1....
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...
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...
Since they had been without food for a long time Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, "Gentlemen, you should have obeyed me and you should not have sailed from Crete and so you would have avoi...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
HOWBEIT. but CAST Greek. _ekpipto._ Sam as "fall" (Acts 27:17). ISLAND Greek. _nesos._ Elsewhere Acts 13:6; Acts 28:1; Acts 28:7;...
_upon a certain island_ Hence it appears that in the vision some details of the manner of their preservation had been made known to St Paul by the divine messenger....
ΕἸΣ ΝΗ͂ΣΟΝ ΔΈ ΤΙΝΑ ΔΕΙ͂ ἩΜΑ͂Σ ἘΚΠΕΣΕΙ͂Ν, _but we must be cast upon a certain island_. Hence it appears that in the vision some details of the manner of their preservation had been made known to St Pau...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ 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...
ΈΚΠΕΣΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 27:17. _Inf._ с ΔΕΙ выражает необходимость....
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...
See notes on verse 21...
_ _ Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island - `on some island.' From the explicit particulars-that the ship would be lost, but not one that saile...
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...
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...
WE MUST BE CAST UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND. — This had clearly formed part of the special revelation that had been granted to the Apostle. It was more than a conjecture, and the “must” was emphasised as by...
εἰς νῆσον δὲ κ. τ. λ.: the words do not form part of the message of the angel as they stand, but they may be considered as forming part of the contents of that message, and the Apostle may himself be...
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...
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...
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...
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. (21) But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst...
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...
HOWBEIT, WE MUST BE CAST UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND. This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should come to pass, it might be manifest that it was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event,...
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. Ver. 26. _We must be cast_] Where our ship being broke, we shall be brought safe to land by an all-powerful hand of God, who delights to help at a dead...
_For_, &c. As if he had said, It is not without good authority that I speak in so express and positive a manner, with regard to an event which seems to you utterly improbable; _there stood by me this...
HOWBEIT, WE MUST BE CAST UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND. For fourteen days and fourteen nights the vessel was tossed by the waves of the Mediterranean like a nutshell, during which time crew and passengers wer...
Paul comforts crew and passengers:...
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...
HOWEVER, WE MUST RUN AGROUND ON A CERTAIN ISLAND. " 1. Now the bad news. We will run aground. 2. But, the good news, it will be at an island....
Acts 27:22-26 Twice Paul will urge them to keep up their courage because only the ship would be lost, and how could Paul be so certain? Because the previous night an angel of the God to whom he belong...
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...
This was given by Paul as a sign unto them of the truth of what he had said, which, when it came to pass, might induce them to believe the rest; which probably it did, and saved Paul from being killed...
Acts 27:26 However G1161 we G2248 must G1163 (G5748) aground G1601 (G5629) on G1519 certain G5100 island...
“But we must be cast on a certain island.” However it will ‘be necessary' for them to be cast onto an unknown but determined island. In other words God has not just promised deliverance, He has filled...
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 27:26. HOWBEIT WE MUST BE CAST UPON A CERTAIN ISLAND. Prophetic prescience does not imply that everything is clear (see Acts 20:22-23)....
WE MUST BE CAST (δε ημας εκπεσειν). It is necessary for us to fall out (εκπεσειν, second aorist active infinitive of εκπιπτω). It was not revealed to Paul what island it would be....
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...
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...
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...
A LONG TIME WITHOUT FOOD. The fires were out, the food water soaked, the men too busy, and they were frightened out of their wits by the storm. PAUL STOOD BEFORE THEM. He is calm and firm, as he finds...
_And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared._ SPIRITUAL DARKNESS I. There are many ways in which we may account for this state of mind. 1. It may be due in part to nervous and physical exh...
_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...
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 27:15. 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...
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 28:1...