Hechos 27:31-35 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 27:21-44

We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sake. We are here told (Acts 27:37) what number there were on board?mariners, merchants, soldiers, prisoners, and other passengers, in all two hundred and seventy-six souls; this is taken notice of to make us the more concerned for them in reading the story, that they were such a considerable number, whose lives were now in the utmost jeopardy, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 27:27-38

27:27-38 When the fourteenth night came and we were drifting across in the Adriatic, in the middle of the night the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them. They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. Since they were afraid that they would be cast up on rough places they cast four anchors out of the stern and hoped for the day. When the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and were lowering the dinghy into the sea on the pretext of being about to send out anchors from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers ,.... He did not direct his speech to the governor and owner of the ship, who very likely, being sensible of the danger, were in the scheme with the mariners, and at the head of them; but to Julius the centurion, and the soldiers under him, who having no knowledge of maritime affairs, were not apprised of the danger, nor aware of the design of the shipmen; and besides, had now great dependence upon the assurance the apostle had given, that no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:32

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat ,.... With which it had been fastened to the sides of the ship, and by which the mariners were letting it down, in order to get into it, and go off: and let her fall off ; from the sides of the ship into the sea, and so prevented the shipmen quitting the ship; for now they gave more credit to Paul than to them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:33

And while the day was coming on ,.... Between midnight and break of day: Paul besought them all to take meat; to sit down and eat a meal together: saying, this day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried ; or have been waiting for, or expecting; that is, as the Arabic version expresses it, a shipwreck; for fourteen days past, ever since the storm begun, they had expected nothing but shipwreck and death: and continued fasting, having taken nothing : not that they had neither ate... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:34

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat ,.... To sit down composedly, and eat meat cheerfully and freely: for this is for your health ; the Alexandrian copy reads, "for our health"; it was for the health of them all, that they might be better able to bear the shock and fatigue of the shipwreck, and be in better spirits, and in a better capacity to help themselves, and one another: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you ; a proverbial phrase, expressing the utmost... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:35

And when he had thus spoken he took bread ,.... A piece of bread, of common bread, into his hands; for this could never be the eucharist, or Lord's supper, which the apostle now celebrated, as some have suggested, but such sort of bread that seafaring men commonly eat: mention is before made of "meat" or "food", which the apostle entreated them to take, which includes every sort of sea provisions they had with them; and which, with the ancients, were usually the following: it is certain they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:31

Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved - God, who has promised to save your lives, promises this on the condition that ye make use of every means he has put in your power to help yourselves. While, therefore, ye are using these means, expect the co-operation of God. If these sailors, who only understand how to work the ship, leave it, ye cannot escape. Therefore prevent their present design. On the economy of Divine Providence, see the notes on Acts 23:35 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:32

The soldiers cut off the ropes - These were probably the only persons who dared to have opposed the will of the sailors: this very circumstance is an additional proof of the accuracy of St. Luke. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:33

While the day was coining on - It was then apparently about day-break. This day is the fourteenth day that ye have - continued fasting - Ye have not had one regular meal for these fourteen days past. Indeed we may take it for granted that, during the whole of the storm, very little was eaten by any man: for what appetite could men have for food, who every moment had death before their eyes? read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 27:21-44

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 27:27-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 27:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 27:33

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