Atos 27:40-44 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:42

The soldiers' counsel , etc. The same stern sense of duty in the Roman soldier as moved the keeper of the jail at Philippi to destroy himself when he thought his prisoners had escaped ( Acts 16:27 ). The prisoners ; by which we learn, as also in Acts 27:1 , that there were other prisoners beside Paul going to be tried before Caesar at Rome (comp. Josephus's account ('Life,' sect. 3) of certain priests, friends of his, who were sent as prisoners to Rome, to be tried). Swim out ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:42-44

The means human, the power Divine. A series of lessons are suggested here which the facts of life are proving by a constant analogy. Notice— I. A LESSON OF HUMAN MEANS AND ACTIVITY . No one of all the two hundred and seventy-six were saved by anything that looked like supernatural help. All were saved either by their own exertions in swimming, or by these together, strange to say, with the aid of the mere fragments of their broken vessel. II. TRUE GOODNESS HAS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:43

Desiring for willing, A.V.; stayed for kept, A.V.; overboard, and get first to the land for first into the sea, and get to land, A.V. To save Paul ; διασῶσαι , and Acts 27:44 and Acts 28:1 , Acts 28:4 ; a word of very frequent medical use, employed six times by St. Luke, but only twice elsewhere in the New Testament ( Matthew 14:26 ; i Peter 3:20). Swim ; κοολυμβάω , here only in the Bible; though κολυμβήθρα , properly a swim-ruing-bath, rendered "pool"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:44

Planks for boards, A.V.; other things from for broken pieces of, A.V. ; all escaped ( διασωθῆναι ) for escaped all, A.V.; the land for land, A.V. Planks ; σωνίσιν , only here and in the LXX . of 2 Kings 12:9 (for the "lid" of the box) and So 2 Kings 8:9 (for "boards"); very common in Homer and other Greek writers, for "boards" and "planks" of all kinds. They all escaped . In exact fulfillment of Paul's prediction in 2 Kings 8:22 . And thus ended the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:44

Safety at last, somehow. Luke succeeds in presenting a very vivid picture of the exciting scene, when he says, "And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land." St. Paul gave orders that "every one who could swim should first fling himself overboard, and get to land. The rest seized hold of planks and other fragments of the fast-dissolving wreck. The wind threw them landwards, and at last, by the aid of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:40

Had taken up the anchors - The four anchors with which they had moored the ship, Acts 27:29. See the margin. The expression may mean that they slipped or cut their cables, and that thus they left the anchors in the sea. This is the most probable interpretation.And loosed the rudder bands - The rudder, in navigation, is that by which a ship is steered. It is that part of the helm which consists of a piece of timber, broad at the bottom, which enters the water, and is attached by hinges to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 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 - 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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:42

And the soldiers’ counsel ... - Why they gave this advice is not known. It was probably, however, because the Roman military discipline was very strict, and if they escaped it would be charged on them that it had been done by the negligence and unfaithfulness of the soldiers. They therefore proposed to kill them, though contrary to all humanity, justice, and laws; presuming, probably, that it would be supposed that they had perished in the wreck. This is a remarkable proof that people can be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:43

But the centurion, willing to save Paul - He had at first been disposed to treat Paul with kindness, Acts 27:3. And his conduct on board the ship; the wisdom of his advice Acts 27:10; the prudence of his conduct in the agitation and danger of the tempest; and not improbably the belief that he was under the divine protection and blessing, disposed him to spare his life.Kept them from their purpose - Thus, for the sake of this one righteous man, the lives of all were spared. The instance here... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:44

And the rest - Those who could not swim.They escaped all safe to land - According to the promise which was made to Paul, Acts 27:22. This was done by the special providence of God. It was a remarkable instance of divine interposition to save so many through so long-continued dangers; and it shows that God can defend in any perils, and can accomplish all his purposes. On the ocean or the land we are safe in his keeping, and he can devise ways that shall fulfill all his purposes, and that can... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:42

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:42-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:44

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 27:44

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:41

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:43

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:44

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