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Verse Acts 27:6. _A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA_] It appears, from Acts 27:38,
that this ship was laden with _wheat_, which she was carrying from
Alexandria to Rome. We know that the Romans imported much corn...
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A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA - A ship belonging to Alexandria. Alexandria was
in Egypt, and was founded by Alexander the Great. It appears from Acts
27:38 that the ship was laden with wheat. It is well known...
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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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ACTS 27. PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME. [103]
[103] On the whole chapter see _The Voyage and Shipwreck of S. Paul._
by James Smith, 1848; a book full of valuable information on the whole
subject.
ACTS 27:1...
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When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over
Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Cohort Augusta
called Julius. When we had embarked upon a ship of Adramyttium, w...
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THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS (Acts 27:1-8)...
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CENTURION. Greek. _hekatontarchos._ See Acts 21:32.
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt was the granary of the ancient world, and this was.
corn ship, bound for Italy. See Acts 27:38.
PUT US. caused us to embark. Gre...
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_a ship of Alexandria_ They found a means of transport into Italy
sooner perhaps than they had expected. It may be that the same strong
contrary winds from the west which had altered already the cours...
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ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
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ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ ἈΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΌΝ, _a ship of Alexandria_. They
found a means of transport into Italy sooner perhaps than they had
expected. It may be that the same strong contrary winds from the west,
which had a...
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_ PAUL IS TAKEN TO ROME ACTS 27:1-12:_ It was the will of God that
Paul preach in Rome. When it was time to sail to Italy he and some
other prisoners were handed over to Julius, a centurion of Augustu...
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A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING, &C.— Or, _Bound for Italy, and put us
on board._ There was a great trade carried on between Alexandria and
the coasts of Italy, consisting chieflyof the produce of Egypt,...
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AT MYRA. Acts 27:5-6.
Acts 27:5
And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and
Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Acts 27:6
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexand...
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See notes on verse 5...
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And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy;
and he put us therein.
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into
Italy; and he put us therein. Since...
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22 It is evident that the apostle did disclose secrets which cannot be
found in Moses and the prophets. One of these was the secret of the
resurrecction, made known to the Corinthians (1Co_15:15). Ano...
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A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA] At this time Rome was almost entirely dependent
upon foreign corn, obtained mainly from Egypt. This vessel was one of
the great cornships (Acts 27:38) employed to convey wheat fr...
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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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A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY. — A glance at the map will
show that the ship, which was probably one of those engaged in the
corn-trade between Egypt and Rome, must have been driven out of i...
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πλοῖον : St. Luke does no mention what kind of ship, but the
fact that it was on its way from Egypt to Italy, and that in Acts
27:38 the cargo was evidently grain, makes it a reasonable inference
that...
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ON A DANGEROUS VOYAGE
Acts 27:1
The _we_ indicates that the good physician, Luke, had rejoined the
party. Separated from Paul by the Apostle's imprisonment, he now
accompanied him on the ship to Rome...
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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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Traveling in an Alexandrian Ship
The ship Julius found was out of Alexandria and bound for Italy.
Likely, this ship was part of a large, government regulated,
commercial fleet of ships which carried m...
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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. (2) And entering into a ship of
Adramyt...
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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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AND THERE THE CENTURION FOUND A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA,.... Alexandria was
the chief city in Egypt, built by Alexander the great, from whom it
took its name; it was situated near the sea, and had a famous...
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And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy;
and he put us therein.
Ver. 6. _Sailing into Italy_] To show that they had a terrible
tempestuous time of it all along, from Sid...
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_And the next day we touched at Sidon_ A celebrated city on the
Phenician coast, not far from Tyre. Here Julius, to whose care the
prisoners had been delivered, being a man of singular humanity,
allow...
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ALEXANDRIA; a city of Egypt....
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THE VOYAGE FROM CAESAREA TO MELITA.
From Caesarea to Fair Havens:...
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AND THERE THE CENTURION FOUND A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY;
AND HE PUT US THEREIN....
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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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THERE THE CENTURION FOUND AN ALEXANDRIAN SHIP SAILING TO ITALY, AND HE
PUT US ON BOARD.
1. They now change ships. The centurion finds a ship willing to take
these soldiers and their prisoners to Rome...
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"There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy" This
ship was from Alexandria in Egypt, she was headed for Rome with. load
of grain (Acts 27:38) and accommodated 276 persons (Acts 27...
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1-11 It was determined by the counsel of God, before it was
determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for
God had work for him to do there. The course they steered, and the
pl...
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ALEXANDRIA; a famous port town in Egypt, formerly called No, of which
we read, JEREMIAH 46:25: unto this place the ship did belong, which
was now in the road or haven of Myra, intending for Italy, whi...
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Acts 27:6 There G2546 centurion G1543 found G2147 (G5631) Alexandrian
G222 ship G4143 sailing G4126 (G5723) to...
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‘And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for
Italy, and he put us in it.'
The ship they next boarded had come from Alexandria in Egypt and was a
grain ship (compare Acts 27:38) alth...
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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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_Voyage from Myra to Fair Havens,_ 6 - 8.
Acts 27:6. A SHIP OF ALEXANDRIA SAILING INTO ITALY. The centurion
obtained here, what he expected he might obtain in one of the harbours
along this coast, a n...
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SAILING FOR ITALY
(πλεον εις την Ιταλιαν). This was the opportunity
for which Lysias had been looking. So he put (ενεβιβασεν,
first aorist active of εμβιβαζω, to cause to enter. Cf.
επιβαντες in ver...
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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...
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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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FOUND A SHIP FROM ALEXANDRIA. Alexandria is on the northern coast of
Africa. They are headed for Italy. The map shows what distances they
were sailing. Acts 27:38 shows they were carrying wheat. SAIL...
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_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...
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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 ...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:5 CILICIA, PAMPHYLIA, and LYCIA were districts
along the southern coast of what today is Turkey. MYRA was directly
north of...
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_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 i...
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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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Acts 18:24; Acts 28:11; Acts 6:9; Acts 27:1...
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A ship of Alexandria. Employed in the immense corn trade between Italy
and Egypt. See verse 38. The size of the vessel may be inferred from
verse 37....