“ Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. ”
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...
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 s...
ropes . Greek. schoinion. Only here and John 2:15 (cords).
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. The soldiers cut off the ropes - These were probably the only persons who dared to have opposed the will of the sailors: this ve...
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 dri...
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 knowle...
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 mor...
Safety Dependent on Obedience Acts 27:27-34 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 c...
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 di...
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: a...
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:...
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 ex...
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 w...
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, in...
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hear...
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 Go...
A Series of Maritime Stages and Examples of Prophecy ( Acts 27:10 ; Acts 27:21-26 ) On The Way To Rome (27.l-26). This series of ‘maritime stages' on a voyage parallels that in Acts 21:1-16 . Th...
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 a...
Acts 27:24-34 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...
Paul had advised the captain not to set sail for a while, Acts 27:11-13 . Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things, which were spoken by Pau...
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 nume...
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,” pretend...
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 . Obse...
In sight of land:
Luke 16:8 ; Philippians 3:7-9