A ship of Alexandria] At this time Rome was almost entirely dependent upon foreign corn, obtained mainly from Egypt. This vessel was one of the great cornships (Acts 27:38) employed to convey wheat from Alexandria to Puteoli or Ostia. The arrival of these cornships in Italy was a signal for great rejoicings.
Verse Acts 27:6. _A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA_] It appears, from Acts 27:38, that this ship was laden with _wheat_, which she was carrying from Alexandria to Rome. We know that the Romans imported much corn...
A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA - A ship belonging to Alexandria. Alexandria was in Egypt, and was founded by Alexander the Great. It appears from Acts 27:38 that the ship was laden with wheat. It is well known...
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)...
CENTURION. Greek. _hekatontarchos._ See Acts 21:32. ALEXANDRIA. Egypt was the granary of the ancient world, and this was. corn ship, bound for Italy. See Acts 27:38. PUT US. caused us to embark. Gre...
_a ship of Alexandria_ They found a means of transport into Italy sooner perhaps than they had expected. It may be that the same strong contrary winds from the west which had altered already the cours...
ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΌΝ, _a ship of Alexandria_. They found a means of transport into Italy sooner perhaps than they had expected. It may be that the same strong contrary winds from the west, which had a...
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...
ΚΆΚΕΪ́ (G2546) и там. ΕΎΡΩΝ _aor. act._ pari, от ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΠΛΟΊΟΝ (G4143) _асс. sing._ корабль. Об античных кораблях, подобных этому, _см._ VSSP, 181244; В. Μ. Rapske, "Acts, Trave...
A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING, &C.— Or, _Bound for Italy, and put us on board._ There was a great trade carried on between Alexandria and the coasts of Italy, consisting chieflyof the produce of Egypt,...
AT MYRA. Acts 27:5-6. Acts 27:5 And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. Acts 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexand...
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_ _ And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. Since...
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...
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...
A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY. — A glance at the map will show that the ship, which was probably one of those engaged in the corn-trade between Egypt and Rome, must have been driven out of i...
πλοῖον : St. Luke does no mention what kind of ship, but the fact that it was on its way from Egypt to Italy, and that in Acts 27:38 the cargo was evidently grain, makes it a reasonable inference that...
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 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 THERE THE CENTURION FOUND A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA,.... Alexandria was the chief city in Egypt, built by Alexander the great, from whom it took its name; it was situated near the sea, and had a famous...
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. Ver. 6. _Sailing into Italy_] To show that they had a terrible tempestuous time of it all along, from Sid...
_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...
ALEXANDRIA; a city of Egypt....
THE VOYAGE FROM CAESAREA TO MELITA. From Caesarea to Fair Havens:...
AND THERE THE CENTURION FOUND A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY; AND HE PUT US THEREIN....
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...
THERE THE CENTURION FOUND AN ALEXANDRIAN SHIP SAILING TO ITALY, AND HE PUT US ON BOARD. 1. They now change ships. The centurion finds a ship willing to take these soldiers and their prisoners to Rome...
"There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy" This ship was from Alexandria in Egypt, she was headed for Rome with. load of grain (Acts 27:38) and accommodated 276 persons (Acts 27...
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...
ALEXANDRIA; a famous port town in Egypt, formerly called No, of which we read, JEREMIAH 46:25: unto this place the ship did belong, which was now in the road or haven of Myra, intending for Italy, whi...
Acts 27:6 There G2546 centurion G1543 found G2147 (G5631) Alexandrian G222 ship G4143 sailing G4126 (G5723) to...
‘And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us in it.' The ship they next boarded had come from Alexandria in Egypt and was a grain ship (compare Acts 27:38) alth...
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...
_Voyage from Myra to Fair Havens,_ 6 - 8. Acts 27:6. A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY. The centurion obtained here, what he expected he might obtain in one of the harbours along this coast, a n...
SAILING FOR ITALY (πλεον εις την Ιταλιαν). This was the opportunity for which Lysias had been looking. So he put (ενεβιβασεν, first aorist active of εμβιβαζω, to cause to enter. Cf. επιβαντες in ver...
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...
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 ...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:5 CILICIA, PAMPHYLIA, and LYCIA were districts along the southern coast of what today is Turkey. MYRA was directly north of...
_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 18:24; Acts 28:11; Acts 6:9; Acts 27:1...
A ship of Alexandria. Employed in the immense corn trade between Italy and Egypt. See verse 38. The size of the vessel may be inferred from verse 37....