使徒行传 27:6-8 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:1-44

The voyage to Italy: an allegory of the Christian's course. Bunyan wrote an immortal allegory of the Christian course as a journey by land. It may be rewritten as a sea-voyage. I. THE CHRISTIAN SETS OUT IN STRANGE COMPANY ', AND WITH OFTEN UNCONGENIAL SURROUNDINGS . Romans, Macedonians, prisoners, Alexandrians, are Paul's fellow-voyagers (verses 1, 2, 4-8). No seclusion, no picked society nor refined retirement, can be or ought to be the usual lot of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:4-8

Endeavor and attainment. The voyage from Sidon to the port of Fair Havens supplies us with an apt illustration of human labor struggling with adverse forces, but ultimately realizing its purpose. For the attainment of our hope, there must ordinarily be— I. FULL ARRANGEMENT BEFOREHAND . Julius had to convey his prisoners westward: for this purpose he wanted soldiers, a sea-route, vessels that would be making the passage at this time. All this he provided carefully or calculated upon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:6

For, for into, A.V. He put us therein ; ἐνεβίβασεν , only here in the New Testament, and once in the LXX . ( Proverbs 4:11 ). It is a nautical term for embarking men on board ship (Thucydides, Xenophon, Lucian, etc.), and is also used by medical writers for "placing patients in a bath." The corn-vessel ( naris frumentaria ) from Alexandria to Italy may very probably have been driven out of its direct course by the same contrary winds which forced St. Paul to sail under... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:7

Were come with difficulty for scarce were come, A.V.; further suffering for suffering, A.V.; under the lee of for under, A.V. Had sailed slowly ( βραδυπλοοῦντες , only here). They were evidently sailing near the wind, and would have to tack frequently. They made in many days no more progress (some hundred and thirty miles) than they would have made in twenty-four hours with a favorable wind. With difficulty ( μόλις ) they could only just manage to do it, the wind... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:8

With difficulty coasting along it for hardly passing it, A.V.; we came for came, A.V.; a certain place called for a place which is called, A.V.; Fair for the Fair, A.V. With difficulty coasting along it ; παραλεγόμενοι , only here and Acts 27:13 . It is a nautical phrase, meaning to sail alongside of the coast. In Latin legere has the same meaning. The difficulty arose from their being under the lee of the island, which sheltered them from the north-west wind, but left... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:6

A ship of Alexandria - A ship belonging to Alexandria. Alexandria was in Egypt, and was founded by Alexander the Great. It appears from Acts 27:38 that the ship was laden with wheat. It is well known that great quantities of wheat were imported from Egypt to Rome, and it appears that this was one of the large ships which were employed for that purpose. Why the ship was on the coast of Asia Minor is not known But it is probable that it had been driven out of its way by adverse winds or tempests. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:7

Had sailed slowly - By reason of the prevalence of the western winds, Acts 27:4.Over against Cnidus - This was a city standing on a promontory of the same name in Asia Minor, in the part of the province of Caria called Doris, and a little northwest of the island of Rhodes.The wind not suffering us - The wind repelling us in that direction; not permitting us to hold on a direct course, we were driven off near to Crete.We sailed under Crete - See Acts 27:4. We lay along near to Crete, so as to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:8

And, hardly passing it - Scarcely being able to pass by it without being wrecked. Being almost driven on it. They passed round the east end of the island because they had been unable to sail directly forward between the island and the mainland,The fair havens - This was on the southeastern part of the island of Crete. It was probably not so much a harbor as an open roadstead, which afforded good anchorage for a time. It is called by Stephen, the geographer, “the fair shore.” It still retains... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 27:3-8

Acts 27:3-8. And the next day we touched at Sidon A celebrated city on the Phenician coast, not far from Tyre. Here Julius, to whose care the prisoners had been delivered, being a man of singular humanity, allowed Paul to go ashore and refresh himself with the brethren of that city; a favour which must have been peculiarly acceptable to one that had been so long in prison. After that, loosing from Sidon, they sailed under Cyprus Leaving it on the left hand; to Myra, a city of Lycia; and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 27:1-44

From Caesarea to Rome (27:1-28:15)Festus arranged for a centurion and a unit of Roman soldiers to take Paul, along with a number of other prisoners, to Rome. Two Christians also went with Paul, his loyal friend Luke and a church leader from Thessalonica named Aristarchus (27:1-2; cf. 19:29; 20:4). They began the journey on a ship that took them as far as Myra in Asia Minor. There they changed to one of the huge grain ships that sailed between Alexandria and Italy. After several days they came... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:1-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:4-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 27:3-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 27:1-44

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