Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Acts 27:34
Verse 34. A hair fall from the head] A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.
Verse 34. A hair fall from the head] A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.
ACTS 27:34 u`pa,rcei On the strength of itgig Blass and A. C. Clark add after u`pa,rcei the words evlpi,zw ga.r evn tw|/ qew|/ mou o[ti (“it will give you strength; _for I hope in my God that_ not a...
NOT A HAIR FALL FROM THE HEAD ... - A proverbial expression, denoting “that they would be preserved safe; that none of them would be lost, and that “in their persons they should not experience the lea...
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...
PRAY. Same as "besought", Acts 27:33. IS. Greek. _hupar_ cho. See Luke 9:48. HEALTH. salvation. Greek. _soteria._ The verb _sozo_ is frequently translated "heal". Matthew 9:21;...
_to take some meat_ "Meat" in the older English was used for any kind of food, which is what the Greek signifies, "nourishment." Therefore in these verses the _R. V._has everywhere "food." _this is fo...
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ ΠΡῸΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ὙΜΕΤΈΡΑΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑΣ ὙΠΆΡΧΕΙ, _for this is for your safety_; because the men when they had been strengthened by a proper meal would be able to do more towards their own preservation....
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...
ΠΡΌΣ (G4314) с _gen._ в интересах кого-л. (BD, 125). ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑ (G4991) избавление. Совет Павла должен был успокоить их и придать команде сил для выполнения следующих задач (BASHH, 149). ΎΠΆΡΧΕΙ _praes...
THERE SHALL NOT AN HAIR FALL FROM THE HEAD, &C.— This expression appears to have been a proverbial and general expression of entire safety. Comp. 1 Kings 1:52.Matthew 10:30. Luke 12:7;...
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 33...
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. Wherefore I pray you to take some meat; for this is for your health:...
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...
FOR YOUR HEALTH] RV 'for your safety.' Unless they were strengthened by food they might be drowned in the attempt to get ashore....
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...
THIS IS FOR YOUR HEALTH. — Better, _safety,_ or _preservation._ The Greek word is not that commonly translated “health,” and the translators seem to have used it in the wider sense which it had in old...
διὸ : so that they might be ready for the work which would be necessary. προσλαβεῖν, see critical note. πρὸς : here only with genitive in N.T., _cf._ Blass, _Gram._, p. 136; _i.e._, stands, so to spea...
SAFETY DEPENDENT ON OBEDIENCE Acts 27:27 Paul presents a noble picture, standing there in the gray dawn while the heavy seas are breaking over the ship. He seems to have become by force of character...
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...
Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an (g) hair fall from the head of any of you. (g) This is a proverb which the Hebrews use, by which is meant...
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...
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...
WHEREFORE I PRAY YOU TO TAKE SOME MEAT,.... To sit down composedly, and eat meat cheerfully and freely: FOR THIS IS FOR YOUR HEALTH; the Alexandrian copy reads, "for our health"; it was for the healt...
Wherefore I pray you to take _some_ meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. Ver. 34. _Not an hair_] A proverbial speech, Luke 21:18. See Matth...
_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...
WHEREFORE I PRAY YOU TO TAKE SOME ME AT, FOR THIS IS FOR YOUR HEALTH; FOR THERE SHALL NOT AN HAIR FALL FROM THE HEAD OF ANY OF YOU....
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 AS DAY WAS ABOUT TO DAWN, PAUL IMPLORED THEM ALL TO TAKE FOOD, SAYING, " TODAY IS THE FOURTEENTH DAY YOU HAVE WAITING AND CONTINUED WITH OUT FOOD, AND EATEN NOTHING. 34 Therefore I urge you to ta...
Acts 27:33-34 This verse reveals what the last 14 days had been like. That had been 14 days of sleeplessness, constant watching, and going without eating. Paul now encourages everyone to eat, for they...
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...
THIS IS FOR YOUR HEALTH; that they might be stronger to endure that pain and perform that labour which was necessary towards their escape; for God would have them to use all means for their deliveranc...
Acts 27:34 Therefore G1352 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209 take G4355 (G5629) nourishment G5160 for G1063 this...
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 while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, “This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. Wherefore I beseech you to...
Acts 27:34. THIS IS FOR YOUR HEALTH. The correct meaning is: ‘This is essential for your safety.' Their imminent danger was not death from starvation, but from drowning in the waves. They had laboriou...
FOR THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY (τουτο γαρ προς της υμετερας σωτηριας υπαρχε). Note σωτηρια in sense of "safety," literal meaning, not spiritual salvation. This is the only instance in the N.T. of the...
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...
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 27:34 NOT A HAIR IS TO PERISH FROM THE HEAD. They will not die. ⇐ ⇔
_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...
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 1:52; 1 Timothy 5:23; Luke 12:7; Luke 21:18; Mark 8:2;...
This is for your preservation — That ye may be the better able to swim to shore....