Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Acts Chapter 27
Overview
Act 27:1, Paul shipping towards Rome, Act 27:10. foretells of the danger of the voyage, Act 27:11. but is not believed; Act 27:14, They are tossed to and fro with tempest; Act 27:41, and suffer shipwreck; Act 27:44, yet all come safe to land.
when: Act 19:21, Act 23:11, Act 25:12, Act 25:25; Gen 50:20; Psa 33:11, Psa 76:10; Pro 19:21; Lam 3:27; Dan 4:35; Rom 15:22-29
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. Act 10:1, Act 18:2; Heb 13:24
a centurion: Act 27:11, Act 27:43, Act 10:22, Act 21:32, Act 22:26, Act 23:17, Act 24:23, Act 28:16; Mat 8:5-10, Mat 27:54; Luk 7:2, Luk 23:47
Augustus': Act 25:25
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.
to sail: Act 20:15, Act 20:16, Act 21:1-3
Aristarchus: Act 19:19, Act 20:4; Col 4:10; Plm 1:24
with us: Act 16:10-13, Act 16:17, Act 20:5, Act 21:5, Act 28:2, Act 28:10,Act 28:12, Act 28:16
Sidon: Act 12:20; Gen 10:15, Gen 49:13; Isa 23:2-4, Isa 23:12; Zac 9:2
Julius: Act 24:23, Act 27:1, Act 27:3, Act 28:16
Cyprus: Act 4:36, Act 11:19, Act 11:20, Act 13:4, Act 15:39, Act 21:3, Act 21:16
the winds: Mat 14:24; Mar 6:48
Cilicia: Act 6:9, Act 15:23, Act 15:41, Act 21:39, Act 22:3; Gal 1:21
Pamphylia: Act 2:10, Act 13:13, Act 15:38
Myra: Myra was a city of Lycia, situated on a hill, twenty stadia from the sea.
the centurion: Act 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. Act 6:9, Act 18:24, Act 28:11
Cnidus: Cnidus was a town and promontory of Caria in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now Cape Krio.
we sailed: Act 27:12, Act 27:13, Act 27:21, Act 2:11; Tit 1:5, Tit 1:12
under: Act 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.
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. Act 27:8
the fast: "The fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month." Lev 16:29, Lev 23:27-29; Num 29:7
I perceive: Act 27:21-26, Act 27:31, Act 27:34; Gen 41:16-25, Gen 41:38, Gen 41:39; Kg2 6:9, Kg2 6:10; Psa 25:14; Dan 2:30; Amo 3:7
damage: or, injury, Act 27:20,Act 27:41-44; Pe1 4:18
believed: Act 27:21; Exo 9:20,Exo 9:21; Kg2 6:10; Pro 27:12; Eze 3:17, Eze 3:18, Eze 33:4; Heb 11:7
the haven: Act 27:8; Psa 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: Act 27:7
the south: Job 37:17; Psa 78:26; Sol 4:16; Luk 12:55
loosing: Act 27:21
not: Exo 14:21-27; Jon 1:3-5
arose: or beat
a tempestuous: Psa 107:25-27; Eze 27:26; Mat 8:24; Mar 4:37
Euroclydon: Probably, as Dr. Shaw supposes, one of those tempestuous winds called levanters, which blow in all directions, from ne round by e to se
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. Act 27:16
being: Psa 107:27
the next: Act 27:19, Act 27:38; Jon 1:5; Mat 16:26; Luk 16:8; Phi 3:7, Phi 3:8; Heb 12:1
we: Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mar 8:35-37; Luk 9:24, Luk 9:25
neither: Exo 10:21-23; Psa 105:28; Mat 24:29
and no: Psa 107:25-27; Jon 1:4, Jon 1:11-14; Mat 8:24, Mat 8:25; Co2 11:25
all: Isa 57:10; Jer 2:25; Eze 37:11; Eph 2:12; Th1 4:13
after: Act 27:33-35; Psa 107:5, Psa 107:6
ye should: Act 27:9, Act 27:10; Gen 42:22
not: Act 27:13
I exhort: Act 27:25, Act 27:36, Act 23:11; Sa1 30:6; Ezr 10:2; Job 22:29, Job 22:30; Psa 112:7; Isa 43:1, Isa 43:2; Co2 1:4-6, Co2 4:8, Co2 4:9
for: Act 27:31, Act 27:34, Act 27:44; Job 2:4
there: Act 5:19, Act 12:8-11, Act 12:23, Act 23:11; Dan 6:22; Heb 1:14; Rev 22:16
whose: Exo 19:5; Deu 32:9; Psa 135:4; Sol 2:16, Sol 6:3; Isa 44:5; Jer 31:33, Jer 32:38; Eze 36:38; Zac 13:9; Mal 3:17; Joh 17:9, Joh 17:10; Co1 6:20; Tit 2:14; Pe1 2:9, Pe1 2:10
and: Act 16:17; Psa 116:16, Psa 143:12; Isa 44:21; Dan 3:17, Dan 3:26, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:16, Dan 6:20; Joh 12:26; Rom 1:1, Rom 1:9, Rom 6:22; Ti2 1:3, Ti2 2:24; Tit 1:1
Fear not: Act 18:9, Act 18:10; Gen 15:1, Gen 46:3; Kg1 17:13; Kg2 6:16; Isa 41:10-14, Isa 43:1-5; Mat 10:28; Rev 1:17
thou: Act 9:15, Act 19:21, Act 23:11, Act 25:11; Mat 10:18; Joh 11:9; Ti2 4:16, Ti2 4:17; Rev 11:5-7
lo: Act 27:37; Gen 12:2, Gen 18:23-32, 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; Jam 5:16
I believe: Act 27:11, Act 27:21; Num 23:19; Ch2 20:20; Luk 1:45; Rom 4:20,Rom 4:21; Ti2 1:12
a certain: Act 28:1
the fourteenth: Act 27:18-20
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, πελαγος [Strong's 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, υπο [Strong's G5259], Αδριοι [Strong's G99], and that Crete was bounded on the west by the Adriatic sea, υπο [Strong's G5259], του [Strong's G5120], Αδριατικον πελαγος [Strong's G3989].
the shipmen: Act 27:30; Kg1 9:27; Jon 1:6; Rev 18:17
anchors: Act 27:30,Act 27:40; Heb 6:19
and wished: Deu 28:67; Psa 130:6
the boat: Act 27:16, Act 27:32
foreship: Act 27:41
said: Act 27:11, Act 27:21, Act 27:42, Act 27:43
Except: Act 27:22-24; Psa 91:11, Psa 91:12; Jer 29:11-13; Eze 36:36, Eze 36:37; Luk 1:34, Luk 1:35, Luk 4:9-12; Joh 6:37; Th2 2:13, Th2 2:14
while: Act 27:29
This: Act 27:27
for this: Mat 15:32; Mar 8:2, Mar 8:3; Phi 2:5; Ti1 5:23
for there: Kg1 1:52; Mat 10:30; Luk 12:7, Luk 21:18
and gave: Act 2:46, Act 2:47; Sa1 9:13; Mat 15:36; Mar 8:6; Luk 24:30; Joh 6:11, Joh 6:23; Rom 14:6; Co1 10:30,Co1 10:31; Ti1 4:3, Ti1 4:4
in: Psa 119:46; Rom 1:16; Ti2 1:8, Ti2 1:12; Pe1 4:16
they all: Psa 27:14; Co2 1:4-6
two: Act 27:24
souls: Act 2:41, Act 7:14; Rom 13:1; Pe1 3:20
they lightened: Act 27:18, Act 27:19; Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mat 6:25, Mat 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.
taken up: etc. or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea, etc. Act 27:29, Act 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
they ran: Act 27:17, Act 27:26-29; Co2 11:25
broken: Kg1 22:48; Ch2 20:37; Eze 27:26, Eze 27:34; Co2 11:25, Co2 11:26
Psa 74:20; Pro 12:10; Ecc 9:3; Mar 15:15-20; Luk 23:40,Luk 23:41
willing: Act 27:3, Act 27:11, Act 27:31, Act 23:10,Act 23:24; Pro 16:7; Co2 11:25
that: Act 27:22, Act 27:24; Psa 107:28-30; Amo 9:9; Joh 6:39, Joh 6:40; Co2 1:8-10; Pe1 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.