使徒行傳 27:28 RCUVTS

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:28

And sounded - To sound is to make use of a line and lead to ascertain the depth of water.Twenty fathoms - A fathom is six feet, or the distance from the extremity of the middle finger on one hand to the extremity of the other, when the arms are extended. The depth, therefore, was about 120 feet.Fifteen fathoms - They knew, therefore, that they were drawing near to shore. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 27:27-32

Acts 27:27-32. 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 ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean sea which lay south of Italy. About midnight, the shipmen deemed (apprehended) that they drew near to some country Or shore; which confirmed what Paul had told them, that they must be driven upon some island: and, to try whether it was so or not, they sounded In order to... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 27:28

sounded = having sounded. Greek. bolizo. Only here. and = they. fathoms. Greek. orguia. See App-51 . when, &c. = having proceeded. Greek. diistemi, to put, or stand, apart. Only here, and Luke 22:59 (literally one hour having intervened); Act 24:51 (was parted). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 27:28

And they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.Fathoms ... This measurement was about six feet; thus the water's depth was decreasing from 120 feet to 90 feet rather quickly. Howson tells us that the British Admiralty charts provide accurate soundings off Malta and most other places in the Mediterranean;[20] and that the water depth is the same now as then. Well, what if it were not? The thesis maintained in this work is that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:27-28

The ancient name of the central part of the Mediterranean Sea was the Adriatic or Hadriatic Sea. People referred to what we now call the Adriatic Sea as the Gulf of Adria or Hadria or as the Ionian Sea. [Note: Bruce, Commentary on . . ., p. 515; Longenecker, p. 561.] The winds and currents had carried Paul’s ship in a northwesterly direction from the south-central Mediterranean. The sailors may have smelled the land, which sailors can do, or they may have heard the waves breaking on shore."Took... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:27-44

The shipwreck 27:27-44 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:1-44

The Voyage and ShipwreckActs 27:1 to Acts 28:16. The Journey to Rome.This narrative is the most detailed account of an ancient voyage which we possess, and is our principal source of knowledge of the art of navigation as practised by the ancients. St. Luke describes the voyage at length, because it exhibits his hero in a very favourable light. The details of the voyage are clearly authentic (see Intro.).1. Julius] a person otherwise unknown. The narrative reveals him as courteous and humane,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 27:28

(28) Twenty fathoms.—The Greek noun so rendered was defined as the length of the outstretched arms from hand to hand, including the chest. It was reckoned as equal to four cubits—i.e., to about six feet—and is therefore fairly represented by our “fathom.” The soundings here given agree with those that have actually been taken among the breakers off Cape Koura. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 27:1-44

Paul in the Storm Acts 27:22 We have here a page out of an ancient log-book, and it cannot fail to be interesting even to a dry-landsman. I. In this strange world the good and the evil alike must endure their share of tribulation. On board this corn-ship we have a miniature world. How impartial the tempest. Fire burns the saint as well as the sinner. Storms have no favourites. II. The world often rejects the sage counsel of the man of God. Paul advised them to steer the ship into the Fair... read more