Acts 27:8 KJV

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 27:8

hardly . Greek. m olis, as Acts 27:7 . passing . Greek. paralegomai. Only here and Acts 27:13 . They had difficulty in weathering the point. unto . Greek. eis . App-104 . The fair havens = Fair Havens. It bears the same name still. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 27:8

Acts 27:8. And, hardly passing it,— And passing it with difficulty. The fair havens, so called to this day, was a considerable port in that part of Crete; not far from which was the city of Lasea, or Alassa. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:8

8. And hardly passing it—"with difficulty coasting along it," from the same cause as before, the westerly current and head winds. came to . . . the Fair Havens—an anchorage near the center of the south coast, and a little east of Cape Matala, the southern most point of the island. nigh whereunto was the city Lasea—identified by the REVEREND GEORGE BROWN [SMITH, Voyages and Shipwreck of St. Paul, Appendix 3, Second Edition, 1856]. (To this invaluable book commentators on this chapter, and these... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:1-8

The voyage from Caesarea to Crete 27:1-8 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:1-15

4. Ministry on the way to Rome 27:1-28:15For a number of reasons Luke seems to have described this stage of the gospel expansion in detail. He evidently wanted to demonstrate God’s protection of Paul, to illustrate the increasingly Gentile nature of gospel expansion, and to document the sovereign Lord’s building of His church."Ever since the purpose of going to Rome had been planted in Paul’s mind by the Holy Spirit, his plans had been formulated with that goal in view (Acts 19:21). No warnings... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:7-8

Cnidus stood on the southwestern tip of the province of Asia, where what we now call the Aegean Sea met the Mediterranean, about 108 miles south of Ephesus. A northwesterly wind forced Paul’s ship southwest to the 180-mile long island of Crete. By sailing along Crete’s eastern and southern coasts it finally reached the port of Fair Havens (probably modern Limeonas Kalous) near a town called Lasea having rounded Cape Salmone at the island’s southeastern tip. 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 27:8

(8) And, hardly passing it.—The Greek adverb is the same as the “scarce” of Acts 27:7, and should be translated as before, with difficulty.A place which is called The fair havens.—It was obvious that the ship would have been again exposed, after passing Crete, or even its central promontory, Cape Matala, to the full force of the northwest gales. About two miles to the east of the promontory, however, and therefore sheltered by it, there was tolerably good anchorage, in a harbour known then and... read more

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 27:1-44

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 27:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 27:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 27:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:1-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:1-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 27:7-8

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 27:8

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