CHAPTER 27
PAUL’S VOYAGE TO ROME—SHIPWRECK AT MALTA
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1. Setting Sail; or, from Cæsarea to Fair Havens (Acts 27:1).
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2. Caught in a Storm; or, from Fair Havens to the Coast of Crete (Acts
27:9).
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3. Drifting on the Deep; or, Preparing for the Worst (Acts 27:15).
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4. Nearing the Breakers;... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 including, besides
Paul, Luke and Aristarchus of Thessalonica (Acts 27:2; Acts 19:29;
Acts 20:4). Luk... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 27:9. SAILING meant the further prosecution of the voyage. THE
FAST signified the Great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29 ff;
Leviticus 23:26_ ff_.; Jos., _Ant._, XIV. xvi. 4), which the Jews
celebrated on the 10th Tisri—_i.e._, about the beginning of October,
after which sea... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ancient ships eyes were painted
on each side of the bow; English sailors still call the “bow” the
eyes of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 to the sea
between Greece and Italy, it also embraced the ocean waters around
Sicily and as far sout... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 out was THE WHEAT,
τὸν σῖτον. Either
(1) the ship’s provisions (Alford, Plumptre, Holtzmann, Hausrath... [ Continue Reading ]