(9) Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
(9) Although the performing of God's promises does not depend upon secondary causes, yet they make themselves unworthy of God's bountifulness who do not embrace those means which God offers them, either upon rashness or distrust.
Verse 31. _EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE SHIP, YE CANNOT BE SAVED._] God, who has promised to save your lives, promises this on the condition that ye make use of every means he has put in your power to h...
PAUL SAID TO THE CENTURION AND TO THE SOLDIERS - The centurion had, it appears, the general direction of the ship, Acts 27:11. Perhaps it had been pressed into the service of the government. EXCEPT TH...
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...
EXCEPT. IF. not. Greek. _ean_ (App-118) _me_ (App-105). ABIDE. Greek. _meno._ Seep. 1511. CANNOT. a re not (Greek. _ou.App-105)_ able to....
_Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers_ These would probably be able to stop the intended desertion better than the captain of the vessel. At all events they were strong enough in numbers to...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΕἾΠΕΝ Ὁ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ι ἘΚΑΤΟΝΤΆΡΧΗΙ ΚΑῚ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΏΤΑΙΣ, _Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers_. These would probably be able to stop the intended desertion better than the captain of the ve...
_ 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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 27:21. ΜΕΊ· ΝΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) оставаться. _Conj._ в _conj._ 3 типа, которое предполагает возможность условия, ΣΩΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf., см._ Ac...
EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE SHIP, &C.— _"Unless these_ mariners _continue in the ship,_ without whose help we know not how to manage her, _ye cannot be saved;_ for the promise made you of your lives was...
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 30...
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. _ Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers - the only parties now to be trusted, and whose ow...
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...
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...
EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE SHIP... — We need hardly embarrass ourselves with the question how far the divine promise was dependent on the contingency thus specified. Prompt vigour, and clear discernmen...
ὑμεῖς not ἡμεῖς : St. Paul appeals to the law of self-preservation, and the centurion acts promptly on his advice; although safety had been divinely promised, human means were not excluded, and it is...
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...
_Paul said...unless these stay. Providence had ordered that all should escape, but by helping one another. (Witham)_...
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...
PAUL SAID TO THE CENTURION, AND TO THE SOLDIERS,.... He did not direct his speech to the governor and owner of the ship, who very likely, being sensible of the danger, were in the scheme with the mari...
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Ver. 31. _Ye cannot be saved_] God must be trusted, but not tempted, by wilful neglect of due means...
_But when the fourteenth night_ Since they left Crete; _was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria_ That is, in the Adriatic sea: as the ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean sea wh...
PAUL; who saw what they intended. THESE; the sailors. YE CANNOT BE SAVED; their agency was necessary to manage the vessel. Though God had given Paul the lives of all in the ship, they were yet to be...
In sight of land:...
PAUL SAID TO THE CENTURION AND TO THE SOLDIERS, EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE SHIP, YE CANNOT BE SAVED....
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...
PAUL SAID TO THE CENTURION AND SOLDIERS, " UNLESS THESE MEN STAY IN THE SHIP, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED. " 1. Paul instructs the centurion that any who leave the ship will die. 2. Paul has no power with t...
Paul quickly informs the centurion that if these sailors escape then the entire company will perish. These skilled hands that were leaving would be needed to drive the ship to shore, and Paul just doe...
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...
Notwithstanding the promise mentioned, ACTS 27:24, that they should all be saved, they must use means, so far as means can be used, although the efficaciousness and truth of the promise do no ways dep...
Acts 27:31 Paul G3972 said G2036 (G5627) centurion G1543 and G2532 soldiers G4757 Unless G3362 these G3778 stay...
“And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to...
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 27:31. THE CENTURION AND THE SOLDIERS. St. Paul said nothing to the sailors, but spoke at once to his friend the centurion; and he used with him and the soldiers the argument which is of greatest...
EXCEPT THESE ABIDE IN THE SHIP (Εαν μη ουτο μεινωσιν εν τω πλοιω). Condition of the third class (undetermined, but with hope, etc.). Paul has no hesitancy in saying this in spite of his strong lang...
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...
IT WAS THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT. Since they sailed from Safe Harbors. The storm is still driving them. The area of the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Italy and Greece was once called the Adria. A look...
_And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship._ SELFISHNESS I. Its hideous character. 1. Its cowardice. They sought to flee out of the ship. 2. Its cunning. “Under colour,” pretending “as...
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 27:27. 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...
2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Acts 27:11; Acts 27:21;...
Unless these mariners abide in the ship — Without them ye know not how to manage her, ye cannot be saved — He does not say we. That they would not have regarded. The soldiers were not careful for the...