“ Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. ”
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...
of good cheer . Greek. euthumos. Only here. The verb occurs verses: Acts 27:22 ; Acts 27:25 .
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat - `took food;' the first full meal since the commencement of the...
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 were they all of good cheer. — The words present a striking contrast to the despair of Acts 27:20 . The hearty cheerfulness (is it too colloquial a phrase to say the “pluck”?) of the Apostle...
Saving Paul Saved Them All Acts 27:35-44 The sailors endeavored to head the vessel toward the mouth of a creek that appeared before them, but she ran aground and stuck fast. It was here that a...
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 were they all of good cheer ,.... Encouraged by the apostle's words and example: and they all took some meat ; and made a comfortable meal, which they had not done for fourteen days past.
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. Ver. 36. Then were they all of good cheer ] By Paul's good example. For as one bad man may hinder much good, Ecclesiastes 9:18 ,...
While the day was coming on Before they had light sufficient to discern what they should do; Paul besought them all to take meat To take some refreshment; saying, This is the fourteenth day that...
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...
Believing Paul's words, promising in the name of that God whom he served, that they should all be preserved; believing, they did rejoice. Now Paul, a prisoner, a neglected and contemned person, comes...
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...
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...
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 m...
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...
Paul again encourages his shipmates:
2 Corinthians 1:4-6 ; Psalms 27:14
Then they were all encouraged — By his example, as well as words.