Scofield's Bible Commentary
Acts 27:37
two hundred
Some ancient authorities read, about threescore and sixteen souls.
two hundred
Some ancient authorities read, about threescore and sixteen souls.
ACTS 27:37 diako,siai e`bdomh,konta e[x {B} The reading in B and copsa (“about seventy-six”) probably arose by taking ploiwc=o=^ as ploiwwco=^. 377 In any case, w`j with an exact...
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...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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...
IN ALL.... TWO HUNDRED, &C. Literally all the souls two hundred threescore and sixteen. SOULS. Greek. _psuche._ App-110. Compare verses: Acts 10:22. Josephus says in the ship in which he was wrecked...
_two hundred threescore and sixteen_ As we do not know the number of prisoners and soldiers, it is impossible to form any conclusion about the manning of such a ship as this. The number here mentioned...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΔΙΑΚΌΣΙΑΙ ἙΒΔΟΜΉΚΟΝΤΑ ἝΞ, _two hundred threescore and sixteen_. As we do not know the number of prisoners and soldiers, it is impossible to form any conclusion about the manning of such a ship as this...
_ 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...
ΉΜΕΘΑ _impf. ind. med. от_ ΕΊΜΊ, _см._ Acts 27:2. Об эллинистической форме _см._ BD, 49; GGP, 404. ΨΥΧΑΊ _nom. pl._ от ΨΥΧΉ (G5590) душа, жизнь, человек (BAGD). ΔΙΑΚΌΣΙΑΙ ΈΒΔΟΜΉΚΟΝΤΑ ΕΞ 276. Корабль...
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...
37-38. The gathering of the whole ship's company to partake of this meal seems to have suggested to the historian to mention, here, the number of persons on board. (37) "_Now all the souls in the ship...
AND WE WERE IN ALL IN THE SHIP TWO HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIXTEEN SOULS. No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
The number of persons on board is large, but not unusually so. The vessel on which Josephus was wrecked carried about 600 persons....
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 WE WERE IN ALL IN THE SHIP... — The number is given here, either as a fact that had been omitted before, and was not without its interest, or probably because then for the first time, when they we...
The number was large, but nothing is told us of the size and manning of the Alexandrian ship, and Josephus, _Vita_, 3, mentions that there were about 600 in the ship which took him to Italy. On the la...
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...
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...
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...
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...
− 37._All the souls _The number of the men is recited, first, that it may more plainly appear that none of the multitude did perish. For Luke doth not show how many men did swim to the shore, but how...
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 WE WERE IN ALL IN THE SHIP,.... Reckoning the master and owner of the ship, and the centurion and the soldiers, and the apostle and his company, with whatsoever passengers there might be: TWO HUN...
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. Ver. 37. _We were in all two hundred, &c._] And that not one of this "all" should miscarry, was a miracle of God's mercy; sinc...
_While the day was coming on_ Before they had light sufficient to discern what they should do; _Paul besought them all to take meat_ To take some refreshment; _saying, This is the fourteenth day that...
AND WE WERE IN ALL IN THE SHIP TWO HUNDRED THREE SCORE AND SIXTEEN SOULS....
Paul again encourages his shipmates:...
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...
AND IN ALL WE WERE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX PERSONS ON THE SHIP. 1. We are now given another bit of information. There are 276 people on board. 2. This is not a small ship. There was room for the...
Acts 27:36-37 As. result the passengers and crew are encouraged and Luke then mentions how many were on board. Luke may had known the precise number not only by inspiration but also due to the fact th...
30-38 God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but temp...
That is, so many persons; as ACTS 2:41, ACTS 7:14 ROMANS 13:1; the soul being the noblest part, and the body following its condition, whatsoever it be: if the soul be holy, the body shall be glorious....
37-38. The gathering of the whole ship's company to partake of this meal seems to have suggested to the historian to mention, here, the number of persons on board. (37) "_ Now all the souls in the shi...
Acts 27:37 And G1161 in G1722 all G3956 were G2258 (G5713) hundred G1250 seventy-six G1440 G1803 persons...
‘And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen persons.' The number aboard the ship is now given. (Josephus tells of a similar voyage where there were six hundred on board). The co...
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 27:37. TWO HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIXTEEN SOULS. Having mentioned the fact that all on board took some food, he is led to state the total number. For the size of ancient merchant ships, see the E...
TWO HUNDRED THREE-SCORE AND SIXTEEN SOULS (διακοσια εβδομηκοντα εξ). The Vatican Manuscript (B) has ως in place of διακοσια (two hundred) which Westcott and Hort put in the margin. But Alford is pro...
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...
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...
PAUL BEGGED THEM ALL TO EAT SOME FOOD. He seems to have taken charge of things in this crisis. They had eaten nothing for a long time (Acts 27:21), and were weak from hunger. NOT EVEN A HAIR OF YOUR H...
_Then the soldiers cut off the ropes._ PRECAUTIONS 1. By casting off the boat--the apparent means of safety--true safety in this case was secured. Thus many a soul is saved by giving up what it may...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:37 The number of 276 passengers was not too great for large grain ships, which were up to 100 feet (31 m) long. ⇐...
_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...
_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 Peter 3:20; Acts 2:41; Acts 7:14; Acts 27:24; Romans 13:1...