Luke 16:8; Philippians 3:7-9
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 we...
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...
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 dare...
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 l...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 letti...
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 s...
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...
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...
Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the...
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 wh...
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...
‘Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.' So the soldiers ran forward and cut the ropes which held fast the boat and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 th...
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...
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...
In sight of land:
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. About this time the ship, a mere plaything of the waves, was being tossed a...
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.