Acts 27:2

Adramyttium — was a sea port of Mysia. Aristarchus and Luke went with Paul by choice, not being ashamed of his bonds.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:8

The Fair Havens still retain the name. But the city of Lasea is now utterly lost, together with many more of the hundred cities for which Crete was once so renowned.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:9

The fast, or day of atonement, was kept on the tenth of Tisri, that is, the 25th of September. This was to them an ill time of sailing; not only because winter was approaching, but also because of the sudden storms, which are still common in the Mediterranean at that time of the year. Paul exhorted... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:11

The centurion regarded the master — And indeed it is a general rule, believe an artificer in his own art. Yet when there is the greatest need, a real Christian will often advise even better than him.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:14

There arose against it — The south wind; a tempestuous wind, called in those parts Euroclydon. This was a kind of hurricane, not carrying them any one way, but tossing them backward and forward. These furious winds are now called levanters, and blow in all directions from the northeast to the southe... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:20

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

Acts 27:23

The God whose I am, and whom I serve — How short a compendium of religion! Yet how full! Comprehending both faith, hope, and love.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:24

God hath given — Paul had prayed for them. And God gave him their lives; perhaps their souls also. And the centurion, subserving the providence of God, gave to Paul the lives of the prisoners. How wonderfully does his providence reign in the most contingent things! And rather will many bad men be pr... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:27

The fourteenth night — Since they left Crete, Acts 27:18. In the Adriatic sea — So the ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean, which lay south of Italy.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:30

The sailors were attempting to flee out of the ship — Supposing the boat would go more safely over the shallows.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:31

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 lives of the prisoners: nor was Paul careful for his own. We may learn hence, to use the most proper... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:33

Ye continue fasting, having taken nothing — No regular meal, through a deep sense of their extreme danger. Let us not wonder then, if men who have a deep sense of their extreme danger of everlasting death, for a time forget even to eat their bread, or to attend to their worldly affairs. Much less le... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:40

Loosing the rudder bands — Their ships had frequently two rudders, one on each side. were fastened while they let the ship drive; but were now loosened, when they had need of them to steer her into the creek.... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 27:44

They all escaped safe to land — And some of them doubtless received the apostle as a teacher sent from God. These would find their deliverance from the fury of the sea, but an earnest of an infinitely greater deliverance, and are long ere this lodged with him in a more peaceful harbour than Malta, o... [ Continue Reading ]

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