Acts 27:29

Acts 27:17; Acts 27:30; Acts 27:40; Acts 27:41; Deuteronomy 28:67; Hebrews 6:19; Psalms 130:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They cast four anchors - On account of the violence of the storm and waves, to make, if possible, the ship secure. And wished for the day - T...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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. Af...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lest . lest perchance. upon. The texts read kata. App-104. rocks . rough (Greek. trachus. Only here and Luke 3:5 ) places. anchors nku...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Cast four anchors out of the ste...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Then fearing lest we should ha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks. — Literally, upon rough places — the reefs of rock which were indicated by the breakers and by the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ov...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, difficu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks ,.... Or rough places, as shelves, rocks, or sands, as they might well fear, when the water sha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Ver. 29. Wished for the day...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ancien...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 eventu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fallen upon rocks; of which there are very many in these seas, especially about the islands. Cast four anchors; which show how great the tempest...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 27:27 . The fourteenth night dated from the rising of the gale, which occurred soon after leaving the Fair Havens. The S...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 p...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 A...
The Biblical Illustrator

But when the fourteenth night was come … about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Land ahead I. Men possess that...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 A...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In sight of land:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then, fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day.

²⁹ Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Related Commentaries of Acts 27:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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