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Text -- Acts 27:1-16 (NET)
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Context
Paul and Company Sail for Rome
27:1 When it was decided we would sail to Italy , they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius .
27:2 We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea , accompanied by Aristarchus , a Macedonian from Thessalonica .
27:3 The next day we put in at Sidon , and Julius , treating Paul kindly , allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed .
27:4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
27:5 After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia , we put in at Myra in Lycia .
27:6 There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy , and he put us aboard it .
27:7 We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus . Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone .
27:8 With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea .
Caught in a Violent Storm
27:9 Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over , Paul advised them,
27:10 “Men , I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship , but also of our lives .”
27:11 But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said .
27:12 Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in , the majority decided to put out to sea from there . They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix , a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest , and spend the winter there.
27:13 When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose , so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete .
27:14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island .
27:15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind , we gave way to it and were driven along .
27:16 As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda , we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Crete |
Ship |
Luke |
Paul |
FALL |
Ships |
Prisoners |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Lycia |
PHOENIX |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Julius |
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena |
Myra |
Fair Havens |
Italy |
Cyprus |
Aristarchus |
Phenice |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:1; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:2; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:3; Act 27:4; Act 27:4; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:5; Act 27:6; Act 27:6; Act 27:6; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:7; Act 27:8; Act 27:8; Act 27:8; Act 27:9; Act 27:9; Act 27:9; Act 27:9; Act 27:9; Act 27:10; Act 27:10; Act 27:10; Act 27:11; Act 27:11; Act 27:11; Act 27:11; Act 27:11; Act 27:12; Act 27:12; Act 27:12; Act 27:12; Act 27:12; Act 27:12; Act 27:13; Act 27:13; Act 27:13; Act 27:13; Act 27:14; Act 27:14; Act 27:14; Act 27:15; Act 27:15; Act 27:15; Act 27:16; Act 27:16; Act 27:16
NET Notes: Act 27:1 The Augustan Cohort. A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion. There is considerable debate over the identifica...
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NET Notes: Act 27:3 Grk “to go to his friends to be cared for.” The scene is an indication of Christian hospitality.
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NET Notes: Act 27:4 BDAG 1040 s.v. ὑποπλέω states, “sail under the lee of an island, i.e. in such a way that the island protects...
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NET Notes: Act 27:5 Lycia was the name of a peninsula on the southern coast of Asia Minor between Caria and Pamphylia.
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NET Notes: Act 27:6 Alexandria (modern Alexandria) was a great city of northern Egypt which was a center for grain trade to Rome. Therefore this type of travel connection...
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NET Notes: Act 27:7 Salmone was the name of a promontory on the northeastern corner of the island of Crete. This was about 100 mi (160 km) farther along.
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NET Notes: Act 27:8 Lasea was a city on the southern coast of the island of Crete. This was about 60 mi (96 km) farther.
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NET Notes: Act 27:9 Paul advised them. A literary theme surfaces here: Though Paul is under arrest, he will be the one to guide them all through the dangers of the storm ...
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NET Notes: Act 27:11 More convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. The position taken by the centurion was logical, since he was followi...
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NET Notes: Act 27:13 L&N 54.8, “παραλέγομαι: (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object...
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NET Notes: Act 27:14 Grk “from it”; the referent (the island) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Act 27:15 Caught in the violent wind, the ship was driven along. They were now out of control, at the mercy of the wind and sea.
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