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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 27:20. _NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED_] And consequently they could make no observation; and, having no _magnetical_ needle, could not tell in what direction they were going....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NEITHER SUN NOR STARS ... - As they could see neither san nor stars, they could make no observations; and as they had no compass, they would be totally ignorant of their situation, and they gave up al...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    TO MALTA. The Fast of the great Day of Atonement fell on the 10 th of Tishri (Sept.- Oct.). The season for shipping ended November 11, and opened again March 5; but voyages were counted dangerous afte...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Since a considerable time had elapsed and since it was now no longer safe for sailing because the Fast was already past, Paul offered his advice. "Gentlemen," he said, "I see that this voyage is going...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _mete... mete._ IN. for Greek. _epi._ App-104 APPEARED. shone. Greek. _epiphaino._ App-106 TEMPEST. Greek. _cheimon._ Elsewhere translated "winter, "Matthew 24:20; Mark 13:18...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in many days appeared_ [_R. V._shone upon us for many days]. This does not imply a continuous darkness like night, but that the mist and spray made the whole sky obscure both by day and night. In suc...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΜΉΤΕ ἌΣΤΡΩΝ ἘΠΙΦΑΙΝΌΝΤΩΝ ἘΠῚ ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ, _nor stars shone upon us for many days_. This does not imply a continuous darkness like night, but that the mist and spray made the whole sky obscure both...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE TERRIBLE STORM AT SEA ACTS 27:13-20:_ When a gentle wind from the south blew the sailors thought it was a good time to sail as they had planned. They pulled up the anchor and sailed along the coa...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΉΛΙΟΣ (G2246) солнце, ΆΣΤΡΟΝ (G792) звезда. Солнце и звезды использовались для навигации, ΈΠΙΦΑΙΝΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΦΑΊΝΩ (G2014) появляться. _Gen. abs. temp._ или причины, ΧΕΙΜΏΝ (G54...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    DRIVEN FOR FOURTEEN DAYS BY THE WIND. Acts 27:18-27. Acts 27:18 And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; Acts 27:19 and the third day th...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 18...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. And when neither sun nor stars in many (or, 'several') days...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED. — We have to remember that before the invention of the compass the sun and stars were the only guides of sailors who were out of sight of land. Now th...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων : the omission of the article here intensifies the meaning, Blass, _Gram._, p. 143, “weder etwas von Sonne”. ἐπιφαινόντων, _cf._ Luke 1:79; only in Luke and Paul, Titus 2:11;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SAVIOR OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY Acts 27:14 The crew, being greatly exhausted by severe exertion and want of food, were the more willing to listen to the Apostle when he came to the front with his wise...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. (21) But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED,.... The Syriac version adds, "nor moon"; which is an usual description of dark, cloudy, and tempestuous seasons; and which was not only uncomforta...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on _us_, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. Ver. 20. _All hope that we, &c._] God delights to help th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared_ The direction of which could be the less spared before the compass was found out; _and no small tempest lay on us_ Still the wind was boisterous,...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    NEITHER SUN NOR STARS; the mariner's compass was not then known. When sailors could not see the heavenly bodies or the land, they did not know their course. God in his providence often shows men, espe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The hurricane:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED, AND NO SMALL TEMPEST LAY ON US, ALL HOPE THAT WE SHOULD BE SAVED WAS THEN TAKEN AWAY. The gentle breeze seems to have been only a lull while the s...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    NOW WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS APPEARED FOR MANY DAYS, AND NO SMALL TEMPEST BEAT UPON US, ALL HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE SAVED WAS FINALLY GIVEN UP. 1. They do not know their location. Sun and stars were...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "As the mariners of the age were dependent on the sun and the stars exclusively for. knowledge of the direction in which they were sailing, when they had seen neither for many days, and the storm was...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-20 Those who launch forth on the ocean of this world, with a fair gale, know not what storms they may meet with; and therefore must not easily take it for granted that they have obtained their pur...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED; which shows the greatness of their misery, which had not the ordinary refreshments from the sight of the sun to relieve it. For what the sun does cheer, is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 27:20 Now G1161 neither G3383 sun G2246 nor G3383 stars G798 appeared G2014 (G5723) for G1909 many...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.' The blackened sky prevented navigation, and there were...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 27:20. WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS IN MANY DAYS APPEARED. This was a most serious aggravation of the danger. The great reason which made ancient navigation perilous in the winter was, that the sky...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WHEN NEITHER SUN NOR STARS SHONE UPON US (μητε ηλιου μητε αστρων επιφαινοντων). Genitive absolute again.FOR MANY DAYS (επ πλειονας ημερας). For more days than a few.NO SMALL TEMPEST (χειμονος ο...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    BUT SOON A VERY STRONG WIND. A "Northeaster," blowing from the northeast, down from the island. It was a violent hurricane! They tried to keep the ship headed into it, to ride out the storm. But when...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared._ SPIRITUAL DARKNESS I. There are many ways in which we may account for this state of mind. 1. It may be due in part to nervous and physical exh...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But not long after there arose … a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon._ PAUL IN THE STORM No landsman who has never been in a storm at; sea can truly picture one. The description in our lesson is a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:20 Sailors depended on the SUN and STARS to help them navigate. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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 ancien...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days — Which they could the less spare, before the compass was found out....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. The hopeless, helpless, comfortless state, which St. Paul, and those in the ship with him, were now reduced to: neither sun nor stars appeared, and the weather proved very tempestuous...

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