VW-Edition Bible (2010)

1And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment. 2So, boarding a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us. 3And the next day we landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him liberty to go to his friends and receive care. 4And when we had set sail from there, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5And when we had sailed over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra of Lycia. 6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy, and he put us on it. 7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, the wind not permitting us to proceed, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone. 8And passing it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea. 9Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous because the fast was already past, Paul exhorted them, 10saying, Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives. 11Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul. 12And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to set sail from there also, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and northwest, and winter there. 13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, raising anchor, they sailed close by Crete. 14But not long after, a tempestuous wind arose, called Euroclydon. 15So when the ship was caught, and could not head into the wind, we let her be carried along. 16And running under the shelter of an island called Clauda, we secured the boat with difficulty. 17When they had taken it on board, they used cables to undergird the ship; and fearing lest they should run aground on the quicksands, they struck sail and so were driven. 18And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.  19On the third day we threw the ship's tackle overboard with our own hands. 20Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was then taken away. 21But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, Men, you should have heeded me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. 22And now I urge you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23For there stood by me this night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, 24saying, Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you. 25Therefore be of good cheer, men, for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told me. 26However, we must fall on a certain island. 27Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land. 28And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms. 29Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and wished for day to come. 30And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow, 31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved. 32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall off. 33And as day was about to dawn, Paul begged them all to take food, saying, Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. 34Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, because not a hair will fall from the head of any of you. 35And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36Then they all became more encouraged, and also took food themselves. 37And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six souls on the ship. 38So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea. 39And when it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a certain bay with a beach, onto which they purposed to run the ship if they were able. 40And they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, meanwhile loosing the rudder bands; and they hoisted the mainsail to the wind and made for shore. 41But striking a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves. 42And the soldiers' purpose was to kill the prisoners, that not any of them should swim away and escape. 43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land; 44and for the rest to go, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.


Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 1   Acts 27:1 Paul shipping towards Rome,
Acts 27:10 foretells of the danger of the voyage,
Acts 27:11 but is not believed.
Acts 27:14 They are tossed to and fro with tempest;
Acts 27:41 and suffer shipwreck;
Acts 27:44 yet all come safe to land.
when.
Acts 19:21 Acts 23:11 Acts 25:12 Acts 25:25 Gen 50:20 Ps 33:11 Ps 76:10 Pro 19:21 Lam 3:27 Dan 4:35 Rom 15:22 - Rom 15:29
Italy. Italy is a well-known country of Europe, bounded by the Adriatic or Venetian Gulf on the east, the Tyrrhene or Tuscan Sea on the west, and by the Alps on the north.
Acts 10:1 Acts 18:2 Heb 13:24
a centurion.
Acts 27:11 Acts 27:43 Acts 10:22 Acts 21:32 Acts 22:26 Acts 23:17 Acts 24:23 Acts 28:16 Matt 8:5 - Matt 8:10 Matt 27:54 Luke 7:2 Luke 23:47
Augustus'.
Acts 25:25

 2   Adramyttium. Adramyttium, now Adramyti, was a maritime city of Mysia in Asia Minor, seated at the foot of Mount Ida, on a gulf of the same name, opposite the island of Lesbos.
we.
Acts 21:1 Luke 8:22
to sail.
Acts 20:15 Acts 20:16 Acts 21:1 - Acts 21:3
Aristarchus.
Acts 19:19 Acts 20:4 Col 4:10 Phlm 1:24
with us.
Acts 16:10 - Acts 16:13 Acts 16:17 Acts 20:5 Acts 21:5 Acts 28:2 Acts 28:10 Acts 28:12 Acts 28:16

 3   Sidon.
Acts 12:20 Gen 10:15 Gen 49:13 Isa 23:2 - Isa 23:4 Isa 23:12 Zech 9:2
Julius.
Acts 24:23 Acts 27:1 Acts 27:3 Acts 28:16

 4   Cyprus.
Acts 4:36 Acts 11:19 Acts 11:20 Acts 13:4 Acts 15:39 Acts 21:3 Acts 21:16
the winds.
Matt 14:24 Mark 6:48

 5   Cilicia.
Acts 6:9 Acts 15:23 Acts 15:41 Acts 21:39 Acts 22:3 Gal 1:21
Pamphylia.
Acts 2:10 Acts 13:13 Acts 15:38
Myra. Myra was a city of Lycia, situated on a hill, twenty stadia from the sea.


 6   the centurion.
Acts 27:1
Alexandria. Alexandria, now Scanderoon, was a celebrated city and port of Egypt, built by Alexander the Great, situated on the Mediterranean and the lake Moeris, opposite the island of Pharos, and about twelve miles from the western branch of the Nile.
Acts 6:9 Acts 18:24 Acts 28:11

 7   Cnidus. Cnidus was a town and promontory of Caria in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now Cape Krio.
we sailed.
Acts 27:12 Acts 27:13 Acts 27:21 Acts 2:11 Titus 1:5 Titus 1:12
under.
Acts 27:4
Crete, or, Candy. Crete, now Candy, is a large island in the Mediterranean, 250 miles in length, 50 in breadth, and 600 in circumference, lying at the entrance of the Aegean sea.
Salmone. Salmone, now Salamina, was a city and cape on the east of the island of Crete.


 8   The fair havens. The Fair Havens, still known by the same name, was a port on the south-eastern part of Crete, near Lasea, of which nothing now remains.
Acts 27:8

 9   the fast. "The fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month."
Lev 16:29 Lev 23:27 - Lev 23:29 Num 29:7

 10   I perceive.
Acts 27:21 - Acts 27:26 Acts 27:31 Acts 27:34 Gen 41:16 - Gen 41:25 Gen 41:38 Gen 41:39 2Kgs 6:9 2Kgs 6:10 Ps 25:14 Dan 2:30 Amos 3:7
damage, or, injury.
Acts 27:20 Acts 27:41 - Acts 27:44 1Pet 4:18

 11   believed.
Acts 27:21 Exod 9:20 Exod 9:21 2Kgs 6:10 Pro 27:12 Ezek 3:17 Ezek 3:18 Ezek 33:4 Heb 11:7

 12   the haven.
Acts 27:8 Ps 107:30
Phenice. Phenice, was a sea-port on the western side of Crete; probably defended from the fury of the winds by a high and winding shore, forming a semicircle, and perhaps by some small island in front; leaving two openings, one towards the south-west, and the other towards the north-west.
Crete.
Acts 27:7

 13   the south.
Job 37:17 Ps 78:26 Song 4:16 Luke 12:55
loosing.
Acts 27:21

 14   not.
Exod 14:21 - Exod 14:27 Jonah 1:3 - Jonah 1:5
arose, or beat. a tempestuous.
Ps 107:25 - Ps 107:27 Ezek 27:26 Matt 8:24 Mark 4:37
Euroclydon. Probably, as Dr. Shaw supposes, one of those tempestuous winds called levanters, which blow in all directions, from N. E. round by E. to S. E.


 15   we.
Acts 27:27 Jas 3:4

 16   Clauda. Clauda, called Cauda and Gaudos by Mela and Pliny, and Claudos by Ptolemy, and now Gozo, according to Dr. Shaw, is a small island, situated at the south-western extremity of the island of Crete.
Acts 27:16

 17   fearing.
Acts 27:29 Acts 27:41

 18   being.
Ps 107:27
the next.
Acts 27:19 Acts 27:38 Jonah 1:5 Matt 16:26 Luke 16:8 Phil 3:7 Phil 3:8 Heb 12:1

 19   we.
Job 2:4 Jonah 1:5 Mark 8:35 - Mark 8:37 Luke 9:24 Luke 9:25

 20   neither.
Exod 10:21 - Exod 10:23 Ps 105:28 Matt 24:29
and no.
Ps 107:25 - Ps 107:27 Jonah 1:4 Jonah 1:11 - Jonah 1:14 Matt 8:24 Matt 8:25 2Cor 11:25
all.
Isa 57:10 Jer 2:25 Ezek 37:11 Eph 2:12 1Thess 4:13

 21   after.
Acts 27:33 - Acts 27:35 Ps 107:5 Ps 107:6
ye should.
Acts 27:9 Acts 27:10 Gen 42:22
not.
Acts 27:13

 22   I exhort.
Acts 27:25 Acts 27:36 Acts 23:11 1Sam 30:6 Ezra 10:2 Job 22:29 Job 22:30 Ps 112:7 Isa 43:1 Isa 43:2 2Cor 1:4 - 2Cor 1:6 2Cor 4:8 2Cor 4:9
for.
Acts 27:31 Acts 27:34 Acts 27:44 Job 2:4

 23   there.
Acts 5:19 Acts 12:8 - Acts 12:11 Acts 12:23 Acts 23:11 Dan 6:22 Heb 1:14 Rev 22:16
whose.
Exod 19:5 Deut 32:9 Ps 135:4 Song 2:16 Song 6:3 Isa 44:5 Jer 31:33 Jer 32:38 Ezek 36:38 Zech 13:9 Mal 3:17 John 17:9 John 17:10 1Cor 6:20 Titus 2:14 1Pet 2:9 1Pet 2:10
and.
Acts 16:17 Ps 116:16 Ps 143:12 Isa 44:21 Dan 3:17 Dan 3:26 Dan 3:28 Dan 6:16 Dan 6:20 John 12:26 Rom 1:1 Rom 1:9 Rom 6:22 2Tim 1:3 2Tim 2:24 Titus 1:1

 24   Fear not.
Acts 18:9 Acts 18:10 Gen 15:1 Gen 46:3 1Kgs 17:13 2Kgs 6:16 Isa 41:10 - Isa 41:14 Isa 43:1 - Isa 43:5 Matt 10:28 Rev 1:17
thou.
Acts 9:15 Acts 19:21 Acts 23:11 Acts 25:11 Matt 10:18 John 11:9 2Tim 4:16 2Tim 4:17 Rev 11:5 - Rev 11:7
lo.
Acts 27:37 Gen 12:2 Gen 18:23 - Gen 18:32 Gen 19:21 Gen 19:22 Gen 19:29 Gen 30:27 Gen 39:5 Gen 39:23 Isa 58:11 Isa 58:12 Mic 5:7 Jas 5:16

 25   I believe.
Acts 27:11 Acts 27:21 Num 23:19 2Chr 20:20 Luke 1:45 Rom 4:20 Rom 4:21 2Tim 1:12

 26   a certain.
Acts 28:1

 27   the fourteenth.
Acts 27:18 - Acts 27:20
Adria. Adria strictly speaking, was the name of the Adriatic gulf, now the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Mediterranean, about 400 miles long and 140 broad, stretching along the eastern shores of Italy on one side, and Dalmatia, Sclavonia, and Macedonia on the other. But the term Adria was extended far beyond the limits of this gulf, and appears to have been given to an indeterminate extent of sea, as we say, generally, the Levant. It is observable, that the sacred historian does not say "in the Adriatic gulf," but "in Adria," (that is, the Adriatic sea, [Adrias *G99*] being understood;) which, says Hesychius, was the same as the Ionian sea; and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf "is a part of that now called the Adriatic." But not only the Ionian, but even the Sicilian sea, and part of that which washes Crete, were called the Adriatic. Thus the scholiast on Dionysius Periegetis says, "they call this Sicilian sea Adria." And Ptolemy says that Sicily was bounded on the east by the Adriatic, [hupo *G5259* Adrias *G99*,] and that Crete was bounded on the west by the Adriatic sea, [hupo *G5259* tou *G5120* Adriatikos pelagos *G3989*. ]
the shipmen.
Acts 27:30 1Kgs 9:27 Jonah 1:6 Rev 18:17

 28   Acts 27:28

 29   fallen.
Acts 27:17 Acts 27:41
anchors.
Acts 27:30 Acts 27:40 Heb 6:19
and wished.
Deut 28:67 Ps 130:6

 30   the boat.
Acts 27:16 Acts 27:32
foreship.
Acts 27:41

 31   said.
Acts 27:11 Acts 27:21 Acts 27:42 Acts 27:43
Except.
Acts 27:22 - Acts 27:24 Ps 91:11 Ps 91:12 Jer 29:11 - Jer 29:13 Ezek 36:36 Ezek 36:37 Luke 1:34 Luke 1:35 Luke 4:9 - Luke 4:12 John 6:37 2Thess 2:13 2Thess 2:14

 32   Luke 16:8 Phil 3:7 - Phil 3:9

 33   while.
Acts 27:29
This.
Acts 27:27

 34   for this.
Matt 15:32 Mark 8:2 Mark 8:3 Phil 2:5 1Tim 5:23
for there.
1Kgs 1:52 Matt 10:30 Luke 12:7 Luke 21:18

 35   and gave.
Acts 2:46 Acts 2:47 1Sam 9:13 Matt 15:36 Mark 8:6 Luke 24:30 John 6:11 John 6:23 Rom 14:6 1Cor 10:30 1Cor 10:31 1Tim 4:3 1Tim 4:4
in.
Ps 119:46 Rom 1:16 2Tim 1:8 2Tim 1:12 1Pet 4:16

 36   they all.
Ps 27:14 2Cor 1:4 - 2Cor 1:6

 37   two.
Acts 27:24
souls.
Acts 2:41 Acts 7:14 Rom 13:1 1Pet 3:20

 38   they lightened.
Acts 27:18 Acts 27:19 Job 2:4 Jonah 1:5 Matt 6:25 Matt 16:26 Heb 12:1
The wheat. The Romans imported corn from Egypt, by way of Alexandria, to which this ship belonged; for a curious account of which see Bryant's treatise on the Euroclydon.


 39   Acts 27:39

 40   taken up, etc. or, cut the anchors, they left them in thesea, etc.
Acts 27:29 Acts 27:30
the rudder bands. Or, "the bands of the rudders;" for large vessels in ancient times had two or more rudders, which were fastened to the ship by means of bands, or chains, by which they were hoisted out of the water when incapable of being used. These bands being loosed, the rudders would fall into their proper places, and serve to steer the vessel into the creek, which they had in view, and hoisted.
Isa 33:23

 41   they ran.
Acts 27:17 Acts 27:26 - Acts 27:29 2Cor 11:25
broken.
1Kgs 22:48 2Chr 20:37 Ezek 27:26 Ezek 27:34 2Cor 11:25 2Cor 11:26

 42   Ps 74:20 Pro 12:10 Eccl 9:3 Mark 15:15 - Mark 15:20 Luke 23:40 Luke 23:41

 43   willing.
Acts 27:3 Acts 27:11 Acts 27:31 Acts 23:10 Acts 23:24 Pro 16:7 2Cor 11:25

 44   that.
Acts 27:22 Acts 27:24 Ps 107:28 - Ps 107:30 Amos 9:9 John 6:39 John 6:40 2Cor 1:8 - 2Cor 1:10 1Pet 4:18
land. Melita, now Malta, the island on which Paul and his companions were cast, is situate in the Mediterranean sea, about fifty miles from the coast of Sicily, towards Africa; and is one immense rock of soft white free-stone, twenty miles long, twelve in its greatest breadth, and sixty in circumference. Some, however, with the learned Jacob Bryant, are of opinion that this island was Melita in the Adriatic gulf, near Illyricum; but it may be sufficient to observe, that the course of the Alexandrian ship, first to Syracuse and then to Rhegium, proves that it was the present Malta, as the proper course from the Illyrian Melita would have been first to Rhegium, before it reached Syracuse, to which indeed it need not have gone at all.