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Text -- Acts 27:41 (NET)

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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.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- But lighting upon ( peripesontes de ). Second aorist active participle of peripiptō , old verb to fall into and so be encompassed by as in Luk 10:3...

But lighting upon ( peripesontes de ).

Second aorist active participle of peripiptō , old verb to fall into and so be encompassed by as in Luk 10:30; Jam 1:2. There is a current on one side of St. Paul’ s Bay between a little island (Salmonetta) and Malta which makes a sand bank between the two currents. Unexpectedly the ship stuck in this sandbar.

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- Where two seas met ( dithalasson ). Used in Strabo and Dio Chrysostom for divided seas (dis , thalassa ).

Where two seas met ( dithalasson ).

Used in Strabo and Dio Chrysostom for divided seas (dis , thalassa ).

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- They ran the vessel aground ( epekeilan tēn naun ). First aorist active indicative of old verb epikellō , to run a ship ashore. Only here in N.T....

They ran the vessel aground ( epekeilan tēn naun ).

First aorist active indicative of old verb epikellō , to run a ship ashore. Only here in N.T. Here also we have the only N.T. use of naus for ship (from naō , neō , to swim) so common in ancient Greek. Our word navy is from this word through the Latin.

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- Struck ( ereisasa ). First aorist active participle of ereidō , old verb to fix firmly. Only here in N.T.

Struck ( ereisasa ).

First aorist active participle of ereidō , old verb to fix firmly. Only here in N.T.

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- Unmoveable ( asaleutos ). From a privative and saleuō to shake. Old word. In N.T. only here and Heb 12:28.

Unmoveable ( asaleutos ).

From a privative and saleuō to shake. Old word. In N.T. only here and Heb 12:28.

Robertson: Act 27:41 - -- Began to break up ( elueto ). Inchoative imperfect passive of the old verb luō , to loosen. The prow was stuck in the sand-bar, and the stern was b...

Began to break up ( elueto ).

Inchoative imperfect passive of the old verb luō , to loosen. The prow was stuck in the sand-bar, and the stern was breaking to pieces by the opposing waves lashing on both sides. It was a critical moment.

Wesley: Act 27:41 - -- Probably by reason of a sand bank running parallel with the shore.

Probably by reason of a sand bank running parallel with the shore.

JFB: Act 27:41 - -- SMITH thinks this refers to the channel, not more than one hundred yards broad, which separates the small island of Salmone from Malta, forming a comm...

SMITH thinks this refers to the channel, not more than one hundred yards broad, which separates the small island of Salmone from Malta, forming a communication between the sea inside the bay and that outside.

JFB: Act 27:41 - -- "The rocks of Malta disintegrate into extremely minute particles of sand and clay, which, when acted upon by the currents or surface agitation, form a...

"The rocks of Malta disintegrate into extremely minute particles of sand and clay, which, when acted upon by the currents or surface agitation, form a deposit of tenacious clay; but, in still waters, where these causes do not act, mud is formed; but it is only in creeks, where there are no currents, and at such a depth as to be undisturbed by the waves, that the mud occurs. A ship, therefore, impelled by the force of a gale, into a creek, with such a bottom, would strike a bottom of mud, graduating into tenacious clay, into which the fore part would fix itself, and be held fast, while the stern was exposed to the force of the waves" [SMITH].

JFB: Act 27:41 - -- The continued action denoted by the tense here is to be noted--"was fast breaking," going to pieces.

The continued action denoted by the tense here is to be noted--"was fast breaking," going to pieces.

Clarke: Act 27:41 - -- Where two seas meet - The tide running down from each side of the tongue of land, mentioned Act 27:39, and meeting at the point

Where two seas meet - The tide running down from each side of the tongue of land, mentioned Act 27:39, and meeting at the point

Clarke: Act 27:41 - -- Ran the ship aground - In striving to cross at this point of land, they had not taken a sufficiency of sea-room, and therefore ran aground

Ran the ship aground - In striving to cross at this point of land, they had not taken a sufficiency of sea-room, and therefore ran aground

Clarke: Act 27:41 - -- The forepart stuck fast - Got into the sands; and perhaps the shore here was very bold or steep, so that the stem of the vessel might be immersed in...

The forepart stuck fast - Got into the sands; and perhaps the shore here was very bold or steep, so that the stem of the vessel might be immersed in the quicksands, which would soon close round it, while the stern, violently agitated with the surge, would soon be broken to pieces. It is extremely difficult to find the true meaning of several of the nautical terms used in this chapter. I have given that which appeared to me to be the most likely; but cannot absolutely say that I have everywhere hit the true meaning.

Calvin: Act 27:41 - -- 41.They thrust in the ship And then it might seem that both God had mocked Paul, and that he, with trifling, had brought his partners in a vain hope;...

41.They thrust in the ship And then it might seem that both God had mocked Paul, and that he, with trifling, had brought his partners in a vain hope; − 651 but God did forthwith put away that error by giving them prosperous success. It was meet that when the ship was broken, they should be so discouraged, and that their souls should so melt, that despair might increase the glory of the miracle. For God useth to moderate and govern his works so, that he maketh some show of difficulty by reason of many lets [hindrances] which fall out. By this means he sharpeneth our senses unto greater attentiveness, that we may at length learn that, though all the world strive against him, yet will he have the victory. This is the reason why he had lieffer [rather] draw Paul and his companions to the shore after that the ship was lost, − 652 than bring the ship whole to land. −

TSK: Act 27:41 - -- they ran : Act 27:17, Act 27:26-29; 2Co 11:25 broken : 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 20:37; Eze 27:26, Eze 27:34; 2Co 11:25, 2Co 11:26

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Act 27:41 - -- And falling - Being carried by the wind and waves. Into a place where two seas met - Greek: into a place of a double sea - διθάλ...

And falling - Being carried by the wind and waves.

Into a place where two seas met - Greek: into a place of a double sea - διθάλασσον dithalasson . That is, a place which was washed on both sides by the sea. It refers properly to an isthmus, tongue of land, or a sand-bar stretching out from the mainland, and which was washed on both sides by the waves. It is evident that this was not properly an isthmus that was above the waves, but was probably a long sand-bank that stretched far out into the sea, and which they did not perceive. In endeavoring to make the harbor, they ran into this bar (sand-bank).

They ran the ship aground - Not designedly, but in endeavoring to reach the harbor, Act 27:39. The hinder part was broken - The stern was broken or staved in. By this means the company was furnished with boards, etc., on which they were safely conveyed to shore, Act 27:44.

Poole: Act 27:41 - -- A place where two seas met a shoal, sand or isthmus, where the sea was on both sides of it. They were now in the greatest extremity; and God suffers ...

A place where two seas met a shoal, sand or isthmus, where the sea was on both sides of it. They were now in the greatest extremity; and God suffers them to fall into it before he sends them deliverance, that he might have the more glory by it.

Haydock: Act 27:41 - -- Into a place where two seas met. [6] It happened that there was a neck or tongue of land, which being covered with the waves, they who were strangers...

Into a place where two seas met. [6] It happened that there was a neck or tongue of land, which being covered with the waves, they who were strangers to the coast did not discover: this stranded the ship, the prow sticking fast, and the poop being torn from it, so that the vessel split by the violence of the winds and sea. (Witham)

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In locum dithalassum, Greek: eis topon dithalasson.

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Gill: Act 27:41 - -- And falling into a place where two seas met,.... An "isthmus", on each side of which the sea ran; and which the inhabitants of Malta, as Beza says, sh...

And falling into a place where two seas met,.... An "isthmus", on each side of which the sea ran; and which the inhabitants of Malta, as Beza says, show to this day, and call it, "la Cala de San Paulo", or the Descent of Saint Paul. The meeting of these two seas might occasion a great rippling in the sea like to a large eddy, or counter tide; and here might be a sand on which

they ran the ship aground; for this place where the two seas met, as the same annotator observes, could not be the shore itself; for otherwise, to what purpose should they cast themselves into the sea, as they afterwards did, if the head of the ship struck upon the shore, and stuck fast there? but must rather mean a shelf of sand, opposite, or near the entrance into the bay, and where the shipwreck was.

And the fore part stuck fast, and remained unmovable; so that there was no getting her off:

but the hinder part was broken by the violence of the waves; that is, the stern; by which means there were boards and broken pieces for the company to get ashore upon.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 27:41 Or “violence” (BDAG 175 s.v. βία a).

Geneva Bible: Act 27:41 And falling into a place where ( i ) two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder par...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Act 27:1-44 - --1 Paul shipping towards Rome,10 foretells of the danger of the voyage,11 but is not believed.14 They are tossed to and fro with tempest;41 and suffer ...

Combined Bible: Act 27:41 - --notes on verse 39     

Maclaren: Act 27:30-44 - --A Total Wreck, All Hands Saved And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as t...

MHCC: Act 27:39-44 - --The ship that had weathered the storm in the open sea, where it had room, is dashed to pieces when it sticks fast. Thus, if the heart fixes in the wor...

Matthew Henry: Act 27:21-44 - -- We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sa...

Barclay: Act 27:39-44 - --Once again the fine character of this Roman centurion stands out. The soldiers wished to kill the prisoners to prevent possible escape. It is diffic...

Constable: Act 9:32--Rom 1:1 - --III. THE WITNESS TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 9:32--28:31 Luke next recorded the church's expansion beyond...

Constable: Act 19:21--Rom 1:1 - --D. The extension of the church to Rome 19:21-28:31 "The panel is introduced by the programmatic statemen...

Constable: Act 27:1--28:16 - --4. Ministry on the way to Rome 27:1-28:15 For a number of reasons Luke seems to have described t...

Constable: Act 27:27-44 - --The shipwreck 27:27-44 27:27-28 The ancient name of the central part of the Mediterranean Sea was the Adriatic or Hadriatic Sea. People referred to wh...

College: Act 27:1-44 - --ACTS 27 G. PAUL'S VOYAGE TO ROME (27:1-28:31) 1. The Journey from Caesarea to Sidon (27:1-3) 1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Pa...

McGarvey: Act 27:39-41 - --39-41. All was now done that could be, until daylight should reveal the nature of the shore ahead. (39) " And when it was day they did not recognize t...

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Introduction / Outline

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TSK: Acts (Book Introduction) The Acts of the Apostles is a most valuable portion of Divine revelation; and, independently of its universal reception in the Christian church, as an...

TSK: Acts 27 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Act 27:1, Paul shipping towards Rome, Act 27:10. foretells of the danger of the voyage, Act 27:11. but is not believed; Act 27:14, They a...

Poole: Acts 27 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 27

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MHCC: Acts 27 (Chapter Introduction) (Act 27:1-11) Paul's voyage towards Rome. (Act 27:12-20) Paul and his companions endangered by a tempest. (Act 27:21-29) He receives a Divine assura...

Matthew Henry: Acts (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Acts of the Apostles We have with an abundant satisfaction seen the foundation of our holy religion...

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Barclay: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES A Precious Book In one sense Acts is the most important book in the New Testament. It is the simple truth t...

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Gill: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ACTS This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of ...

College: Acts (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION As early as the second century the title "The Acts of the Apostles" was given to this document. Before that time the work probably circu...

College: Acts (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM - 1:1-8:1a A. INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK - 1:1-3 B. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE APOSTLES - 1:4-8 C. THE ASCENSI...

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