Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 27:16
See notes on verse 14
See notes on verse 14
ACTS 27:16 Kau/da {B} According to Blass the true form of the word is Kau/doj or Gau/doj, but it was frequently spelled with l. 375 Haenchen, following Lake and Cadbury, thinks that...
Verse Acts 27:16. _A CERTAIN ISLAND - CALLED CLAUDA_] Called also _Gaudos_; situated at the south-western extremity of the island of Crete, and now called _Gozo_, according to Dr. Shaw. _MUCH WORK T...
AND RUNNING UNDER - Running near to an island. They ran near to it, where the violence of the wind was probably broken by the island, WHICH IS CALLED CLAUDA - This is a small island about 20 miles so...
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...
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...
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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...
RUNNING UNDER. having run under the lee of. Greek. _hupotrecho._ Onlyhere. ISLAND. Greek. _nesion,_. small island, dim. of _nesos_ (Acts 13:6). Only here. CLAUDA. Clauda (some texts, Cauda) was due...
_And running under a certain island which is called Clauda (R. V._And running under the lee of a small island, called Cauda") For the verb cp. above on Acts 27:4; Acts 27:7. The word for "island" is h...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
ΚΑΥ͂ΔΑ with אB. _Vulg_. ‘Cauda.’ 16. ΝΗΣΊΟΝ ΔΈ ΤΙ ὙΠΟΔΡΑΜΌΝΤΕΣ ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ ΚΑΥ͂ΔΑ, _and running under the lee of a small island named Cauda_. For the verb cf. above on Acts 27:4; Acts 27:7. νησίον is a...
_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...
CLAUDA,— This island, otherwise called _Gaudos,_ or _Cauda,_ lay a little to the south of the western coast of Crete....
CAUDA. Acts 27:16-17. Acts 27:16 And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat: Acts 27:17 and when they had hoisted it up, they used h...
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: And running under (the lee of) a certain island [ NEESION (G3519 )] - 'islet,' Which is called Cla...
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...
RV 'and running under the lee of a small island, called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.' CLAUDA] or (RV) 'Cauda' (now Gavdo or Gozzo), Isaiah 23 m. S. of Phoenix. TO COME BY...
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...
AND RUNNING UNDER A CERTAIN ISLAND WHICH IS CALLED CLAUDA. — Some MSS. give the various-reading Cauda, which agrees more closely with the form Gaudos found in Pliny and Suidas. This, in its turn, has...
ὑποδραμόντες : “and running under the lee of a small island,” R.V.J. Smith calls attention to the nautical accuracy of St. Luke's terms; they ran before the wind to leeward of Cauda; ὑποδραμ., they sa...
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...
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...
_An island that is called Cauda. In some Greek copies Clauda, which the Protestants have followed; in others Caudos. --- We had much work to come by the boat, or to hoist up the skiff belonging to the...
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, (10) And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with h...
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...
AND RUNNING UNDER A CERTAIN ISLAND,.... Or below a certain island and hard by, it or under the sea shore of it, where the sea might be smoother, the wind not being there so strong: WHICH IS CALLED CL...
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: Ver. 16. _To come by the boat_] _i.e._ To recover, take up, and save the boat, that the waves should n...
_Running under a certain island called Clauda_ A little to the south of the western coast of Crete. Such was the violence of the storm, that _we had much work_ Great difficulty to become masters of th...
CLAUDIA; a small island a little south of west from the Fair Havens, at the distance of some forty or fifty miles. Melita, the next place where we find them, is a small island south of Sicily, not qui...
The hurricane:...
AND RUNNING UNDER A CERTAIN ISLAND WHICH IS CALLED CLAUDA, WE HAD MUCH WORK TO COME BY THE BOAT;...
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...
AND RUNNING UNDER THE SHELTER OF AN ISLAND CALLED CLAUDIA, WE SECURED THE SKIFF WITH DIFFICULTY. 1. They now pass by the south side of a small island. 2. The skiff (we would call it a life boat) had...
The modern name of this small island is Gavdho and is about 23 miles southwest of Crete. "Once they were in the shelter of the island, they would have had relatively smooth water for ten or fifteen mi...
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...
CLAUDA; called also Claudos, and by some Gaudos, and now Gozo, an island near unto Crete. WE HAD MUCH WORK TO COME BY THE BOAT; in this stress of weather they would take up the boat, lest it should ha...
Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul It came to pass, after Paul went out of the island Gaudomeleta,[1]...
Acts 27:16 And G1161 under G5295 (G5631) an G5100 island G3519 called G2564 (G5746) Clauda G2802 secured...
‘And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat, and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship, and, fearing les...
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 27:16. RUNNING UNDER A CERTAIN ISLAND WHICH IS CALLED CLAUDA. The meaning of ‘running under' is that they ran _under its lee,_ as in Acts 27:3; Acts 27:7. Under the shelter of this island, they w...
RUNNING UNDER THE LEE OF (υποδραμοντες). Second aorist active participle of υποτρεχω. Same use of υπο as in υπεπλευσαμεν (verses Acts 27:4; Acts 27:8) for "under the lee", under the protection of. Ν...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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 ...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:16 CAUDA is today known as Gozzo. The SHIP’S BOAT was a smaller one used to transport people from the ship to land. It probably filled with water and was hard to lift on deck....
_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...
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...
Acts 27:16...
We had much work to come by the boat [μ ο λ ι ς ι σ χ υ σ α μ ε ν π ε ρ ι κ ρ α τ ε ι ς γ ε ν ε σ θ α ι τ η ς σ κ α φ η ς]. Lit., we were with difficulty able to become masters of the boat : i e., to...
We were hardly able to get masters of the boat — To prevent its being staved....