Acts 27:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 27:1-11

It does not appear how long it was after Paul's conference with Agrippa that he was sent away for Rome, pursuant to his appeal to Caesar; but it is likely they took the first convenience they could hear of to do it; in the mean time Paul is in the midst of his friends at Caesarea?they comforts to him, and he a blessing to them. But here we are told, I. How Paul was shipped off for Italy: a long voyage, but there is no remedy. He has appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar he must go: It was... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 27:1-8

27:1-8 When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Cohort Augusta called Julius. When we had embarked upon a ship of Adramyttium, which was bound for the ports along the coast of Asia Minor, we set sail, and Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us. The next day we put in at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to visit his friends and to receive their attention. We put out from there and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:1

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy ,.... The chief city of which was Rome, the metropolis of the empire, where Caesar had his palace, to whom the apostle had appealed; and his voyage thither was determined by Festus, with the advice of Agrippa and his council, pursuant to the apostle's appeal, and which was founded on the will of God; all which concurred in this affair: it was the decree and will of God that the apostle should go to Rome, which was made known to him;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:2

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium ,.... Which was in the port of Caesarea; for from thence they set sail to the place where this ship was bound, which very likely was the place here mentioned; there was a city of this name in Africa, and which was built upon the sea shore, and is sometimes called Hadrumentum F7 Mela, l. 1. c. 7. , as this is called Adramantos, in the Syriac version; and in the Alexandrian copy, and in another manuscript, "a ship of Adramyntum"; it is mentioned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:3

And the next day we touched at Sidon ,.... This was a famous city in Phoenicia, upon the northern border of the land of Israel; it was a maritime place, and noted for trade and navigation; Mela F17 De orbis Situ, l. 1. c. 12. calls it rich Sidon, and the chief of the maritime cities; Jerom F18 Epitaph. Paulae, Tom. I. fol. 58. calls it the ancient city Sidon; and Curtius says F19 Hist. l. 4. c. 1. it was renowned for the antiquity and fame of its founders; it is thought to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:4

And when we had launched from thence ,.... From Sidon: we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary ; that is, they sailed below the island of Cyprus; of which see Acts 4:36 whereas if the wind had been right for them, they would have sailed above the island; leaving it on the right hand, in a straight course to Myra; but now they were obliged to go below it, leaving it on the left hand, going in part about it, through the seas of Cilicia and Pamphylia to Lycia, as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:5

And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia ,.... For these two seas joined, as Pliny says F6 Hist. l. 5. c. 27. , "mare Pamphylium Cilicio jungitur", the Pamphylian sea is joined to the Cilician; and in another place F7 Ib. c. 31. he observes, that in the Pamphylian sea were islands of no note, and in the Cilician sea of the five chiefest was Cyprus (an island mentioned in the preceding verse), and a little after, the sea of Cilicia is distant from Anemurius... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:1

And when it was determined, etc. - That is, when the governor had given orders to carry Paul to Rome, according to his appeal; together with other prisoners who were bound for the same place. We should sail - By this it is evident that St. Luke was with Paul; and it is on this account that he was enabled to give such a circumstantial account of the voyage. Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band - Lipsius has found the name of this cohort on an ancient marble; see Lips. in Tacit. Hist.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:2

A ship of Adramyttium - There were several places of this name; and in different MSS. the name is variously written. The port in question appears to have been a place in Mysia, in Asia Minor. And the abbé Vertot, in his history of the Knights of Malta, says it is now called Mehedia. Others think it was a city and seaport of Africa, whence the ship mentioned above had been fitted out; but it is more probable that the city and seaport here meant is that on the coast of the Aegean Sea, opposite... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:3

Touched at Sidon - For some account of this place, see the notes on Matthew 11:21 ; and Acts 12:20 . Julius courteously entreated Paul - At the conclusion of the preceding chapter, it has been intimated that the kind treatment which Paul received, both from Julius and at Rome, was owing to the impression made on the minds of Agrippa and Festus, relative to his innocence. It appears that Julius permitted him to go ashore, and visit the Christians which were then at Sidon, without... read more

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