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Text -- Acts 27:22-44 (NET)
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27:22 And now I advise you to keep up your courage , for there will be no loss of life among you , but only the ship will be lost.
27:23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
27:24 and said , ‘Do not be afraid , Paul ! You must stand before Caesar , and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you .’
27:25 Therefore keep up your courage, men , for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told .
27:26 But we must run aground on some island .”
27:27 When the fourteenth night had come , while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea , about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land .
27:28 They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.
27:29 Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast , they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear .
27:30 Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea , pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow ,
27:31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers , “Unless these men stay with the ship , you cannot be saved .”
27:32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away .
27:33 As day was about to dawn , Paul urged them all to take some food , saying , “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food ; you have eaten nothing .
27:34 Therefore I urge you to take some food , for this is important for your survival . For not one of you will lose a hair from his head .”
27:35 After he said this , Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all , broke it, and began to eat .
27:36 So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.
27:37 (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship .)
27:38 When they had eaten enough to be satisfied , they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea .
Paul is Shipwrecked
27:39 When day came , they did not recognize the land , but they noticed a bay with a beach , where they decided to run the ship aground if they could .
27:40 So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea , at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach .
27:41 But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground ; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved , but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.
27:42 Now the soldiers ’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away .
27:43 But the centurion , wanting to save Paul’s life, prevented them from carrying out their plan . He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land ,
27:44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship . And in this way all were brought safely to land .
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NET Notes -> Act 27:22; Act 27:22; Act 27:22; Act 27:23; Act 27:23; Act 27:23; Act 27:24; Act 27:24; Act 27:24; Act 27:24; Act 27:24; Act 27:25; Act 27:26; Act 27:27; Act 27:27; Act 27:27; Act 27:28; Act 27:28; Act 27:28; Act 27:28; Act 27:29; Act 27:29; Act 27:29; Act 27:29; Act 27:29; Act 27:29; Act 27:30; Act 27:31; Act 27:31; Act 27:32; Act 27:32; Act 27:33; Act 27:33; Act 27:33; Act 27:33; Act 27:34; Act 27:34; Act 27:35; Act 27:35; Act 27:35; Act 27:35; Act 27:37; Act 27:37; Act 27:38; Act 27:38; Act 27:39; Act 27:39; Act 27:39; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:40; Act 27:41; Act 27:41; Act 27:42; Act 27:42; Act 27:43; Act 27:43; Act 27:43; Act 27:43; Act 27:44; Act 27:44; Act 27:44; Act 27:44; Act 27:44
NET Notes: Act 27:22 The “prophecy” about the ship serves to underscore Paul’s credibility as an agent of God. Paul addressed his audience carefully and ...
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NET Notes: Act 27:24 The safety of all who are sailing with you. In a sense, Paul’s presence protects them all. For Luke, it serves as a picture of what the gospel d...
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NET Notes: Act 27:26 This is another use of δεῖ (dei) to indicate necessity (see also v. 24). Acts 28:1 shows the fulfillment of this.
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NET Notes: Act 27:27 Grk “suspected that some land was approaching them.” BDAG 876 s.v. προσάγω 2.a states, “lit. P...
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NET Notes: Act 27:29 And wished for day to appear. The sailors were hoping to hold the ship in place until morning, when they could see what was happening and where they w...
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NET Notes: Act 27:32 Or “let it fall away.” According to BDAG 308 s.v. ἐκπίπτω 1 and 2 the meaning of the verb in this vers...
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NET Notes: Act 27:35 Grk “and breaking it, he began.” The participle κλάσας (klasas) has been translated as a finite verb due to ...
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