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Verse 32. _THE SOLDIERS CUT OFF THE ROPES_] These were probably the
only persons who dared to have opposed the will of the _sailors_: this
very circumstance is an additional proof of the accuracy of S...
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CUT OFF THE ROPES ... - It is evident that the mariners had not yet
got on board the boat. They had let it down into the sea Acts 27:30,
and were about to go on board. By thus cutting the ropes which...
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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...
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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...
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THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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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...
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ROPES. Greek. _schoinion._ Only here and John 2:15 (cords)....
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ΤΌΤΕ�, _then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat_, i.e.
cut asunder the ropes which attached the boat to the ship. Thus the
boat was cast away....
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ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
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_ 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...
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ΆΠΈΚΟΨΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΚΌΠΤΩ (G609)
отрезать,
ΣΧΟΙΝΊΟΝ (G4979) канат,
ΕΪΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΆΩ (G1439) отпускать,
позволять, разрешать, с _inf._ ΈΚΠΕΣΕΪ́Ν
_praes. act. inf., см._ Act...
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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...
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See notes on verse 30...
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall
off.
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat - it had been already
lowered,
And let her fall off - LET THE BOAT DRIFT AWAY...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THEN THE SOLDIERS CUT OFF THE ROPES OF THE BOAT. — The act had to be
the work of an instant. The boat was already lowered, the sailors were
on the point of leaping into it. We can picture their mortif...
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τότε οἱ στρ. ἀπέκ.: Lewin, _Saint Paul_, ii., 202, sees
in this the absolute ascendency which St. Paul had gained; he had said
that their lives should be spared, and although, humanly speaking, the
bo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THEN THE SOLDIERS CUT OFF THE ROPES OF THE BOAT,.... With which it had
been fastened to the sides of the ship, and by which the mariners were
letting it down, in order to get into it, and go off:
AND...
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Ver. 32. _Then the soldiers_] According to St Paul's counsel, who was
now somebody with them. Indeed he was grown, by much exerc...
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_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...
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CUT OFF THE ROPES; to let the boat fall into the sea and float away,
so that the sailors could not escape....
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THEN THE SOLDIERS CUT OFF THE ROPES OF THE BOAT, AND LET HER FALL OFF.
About this time the ship, a mere plaything of the waves, was being
tossed about in the Adria, in the Ionian Sea between Sicily an...
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In sight of land:...
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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...
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THEN THE SOLDIERS CUT AWAY THE ROPES OF THE SKIFF AND LET FALL OFF.
1. The soldiers cut away the ropes of the lifeboat. It falls into the
sea and is gone.
2. Notice - the soldiers, not the sailors,...
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"By this time the centurion has learned that it was unwise to
disregard Paul's advice" (Reese p. 912). There is wisdom behind
cutting loose the lifeboat. "History is full of accounts of the
terrible s...
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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...
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The centurion and soldiers, agreeing to what Paul had said, did this
to take away all thoughts of escaping from the mariners, and leaving
all upon what Paul had promised to them in the name of his God...
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Acts 27:32 Then G5119 soldiers G4757 away G609 (G5656) ropes G4979
skiff G4627 and G2532 let G1439 ...
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‘Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall
off.'
So the soldiers ran forward and cut the ropes which held fast the boat
and it fell into the sea. Now the only hope of safety...
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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...
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Acts 27:32. CUT THE ROPES. With military promptitude and without any
argument, the soldiers settled the question. The ropes were cut; and
the boat drifted off into the darkness, and was dashed to piec...
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THE ROPES
(τα σχοινια). Diminutive of σχοινος, old word, but in
N.T. only here and John 2:15. Paul is now saviour of the ship and the
soldiers quickly cut loose the skiff and "let her fall off"
(ει...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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Luke 16:8; Philippians 3:7...