Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Acts 27:9
The Fast. The great day of atonement, called "the Fast" by way of eminence. It occurred about the end of September. Navigation was considered unsafe from the beginning of November until the middle of March.
The Fast. The great day of atonement, called "the Fast" by way of eminence. It occurred about the end of September. Navigation was considered unsafe from the beginning of November until the middle of March.
Verse Acts 27:9. _SAILING WAS NOW DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THE FAST WAS NOW_ _ALREADY PAST_] It is generally allowed that the fast mentioned here was that of the _great day of atonement_ which was always c...
WHEN MUCH TIME WAS SPENT - In sailing along the coast of Asia; in contending with the contrary winds. It is evident that when they started they had hoped to reach Italy before the dangerous time of na...
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...
SPENT. passed. Greek. _diaginomai._ See Acts 25:13. SAILING. Greek. _ploos._ See Acts 21:7. NOW. already. DANGEROUS. Greek. _episphales._ Only here. FAST: i.e. the tenth day of the seventh month,...
_Now when much time was spent_ Waiting for a change of wind, and in debate on what course should next be taken. _and when sailing_(_R. V._and the voyage) _was now dangerous_ It had come to be dangero...
ἹΚΑΝΟΥ͂ ΔῈ ΧΡΌΝΟΥ ΔΙΑΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΟΥ, _now when much time had been spent_, i.e. waiting for a change of wind, and in debating what course should next be taken. ΚΑῚ ὌΝΤΟΣ ἬΔΗ ἘΠΙΣΦΑΛΟΥ͂Σ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΛΟΌΣ, _and whe...
ST PAUL’S VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK...
_ 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...
ΔΙΑΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΟΥ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΔΙΑΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1230) вмешиваться, вклиниваться, переходить _gen. abs._ ΌΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part._ (причины) от ΕΊΜΊ, _см._ Acts 27:2. _Gen. abs._ ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛ...
BECAUSE THE FAST WAS NOW ALREADY PAST,— That is, the yearly fast of atonement for the sins of the people of Israel, mentioned in many places of the Old Testament; in two or three of which places it is...
AT FAIR HAVENS. Acts 27:8-15. Acts 27:8 and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. Acts 27:9 And when much time was...
9-12. The voyage, thus far, had been so tedious that winter was approaching, and it was deemed unsafe to attempt to complete it before spring. It became a question, however, whether they would spend t...
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, NOW WHEN MUCH TIME WAS SPENT - SINCE LEAVING CAESAREA. BUT FOR UNFORESE...
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...
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...
THE FAST] i.e. the Day of Atonement, falling about the autumnal equinox. Ancient mariners reckoned the dangerous season of navigation from September 14th to November 11th. From November 11th till Marc...
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...
BECAUSE THE FAST WAS NOW ALREADY PAST. — The Fast was the Jewish Day of Atonement, which fell on the tenth of Tisri (in that year, September 24th), the seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year....
ἱκανοῦ δὲ χρ. γεν.: not since the commencement of the voyage (as Meyer), but since they lay weather-bound. Wendt (1899) agrees with Meyer as against Weiss and Ramsay, on the ground that there is no ἐκ...
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...
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...
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...
(2) Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the (b) fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them], (2) God's providence does not take away the causes which God u...
The fast was now past. [2] An annual fast. Some take it for the fast of the Ember-days, which Christians keep in December: but St. John Chrysostom and others expound it of the Jewish fast of expiation...
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...
− 9._When sailing was now jeopardous. _He doth not only mean that the winds were contrary then, but also that the time of the year was not then commodious, which he expresseth more plainly afterward,...
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...
NOW WHEN MUCH TIME WAS SPENT,.... In sailing against the wind, or by staying at the Fair Havens; for so the Syriac version renders it, "where we stayed a long time"; and the Ethiopic version, "and the...
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished _them_, Ver. 9. _Now when much time was spent_] Not spilt; for that Paul was n...
_Now when much time was spent_ In making this little way, and the season of the year was so far advanced, that _sailing was now dangerous_ On account of the tempestuous weather usual at that season: f...
MUCH TIME WAS SPENT; on account of the contrary winds. THE FAST; connected with the great day of atonement. Leviticus 16:29-30. This occurred about the twentieth of September, after which sailing was...
The start from Fair Havens:...
NOW WHEN MUCH TIME WAS SPENT, AND WHEN SAILING WAS NOW DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THE FAST WAS NOW ALREADY PAST, PAUL ADMONISHED THEM...
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...
NOW WHEN MUCH TIME HAD BEEN SPENT, AND SAILING WAS NOT DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE FAST WAS ALREADY OVER, PAUL ADVISED THEM, 1. They were hoping to be at Rome before the dangerous time for sailors. But, de...
"When considerable time had passed" "Five miles west of Fair Havens lies Cape Matala, and beyond Cape Matala the south coast of Crete trends away suddenly to the north. There was no more protection fr...
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...
This _fast_ was not any necessitated abstinence, but a religious fast, as the word here used does most commonly signify; and the article being put to it, it may well denote some eminent and known fast...
9-12. The voyage, thus far, had been so tedious that winter was approaching, and it was deemed unsafe to attempt to complete it before spring. It became a question, however, whether they would spend t...
Acts 27:9 Now G1161 much G2425 time G5550 spent G1230 (G5637) and G2532 sailing G4144 was G5607 ...
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...
‘And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them, and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury...
_Stay at Fair HavensDetermination to reach Phænix, if possible,_ 9 - 12. Acts 27:9. MUCH TIME. It is impossible to say precisely how long this time was. Such terms are always relative to the circumst...
WHERE MUCH TIME WAS SPENT (Hικανου χρονου διαγενομενου). Genitive absolute again with second aorist middle participle of διαγινομα, to come in between (δια). "Considerable time intervening," since...
FAST The fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month. (Leviticus 23:27); (Leviticus 23:29)....
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...
WE SPENT A LONG TIME THERE. They were weather-bound, since the wind would not take them the way they must go. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. _Ramsay_ gives this as October 5, 59 A.D. Paul used the Jewish calen...
_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...
_And when we had sailed slowly many days._ SLOW SAILING As on board our ships, one has not always a favourable wind, and does not always proceed quickly forward, so the Christian in his journey thro...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 27:9 The FAST refers to the Day of Atonement in the fall. By then Mediterranean voyages became too dangerous for sailing vessels. ⇐
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 ...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 27:9. SAILING meant the further prosecution of the voyage. THE FAST signified the Great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29 ff; Leviticus 23:26_ ff_.; Jos., _Ant._, XIV. xvi. 4),
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...
Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 23:27; Numbers 29:7...
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...