Acts 27

Acts · Chapter 27

Acts 27:2

1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.3And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
Having boardedἐπιβάντεςepibantesG1910
to mount/board

ἐπιβαίνω (epibainō) ἐπι-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for רָכַב ;] 1. to get up on, mount: before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: with dative, Act.27:2; before εἰς, Act.21:6 (Rec.); absol., Act.21:2. 2. to go up to, go on to, enter: before εἰς, Act.20:18 21:4; with dative, Act.25:1.† (AS)

thenδὲdeG1161
then

δέ (de) δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ . . . δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; …

on a shipπλοίῳploiōG4143
boat

πλοῖον (ploion) πλοῖον, -ον, τό (πλέω), [in LXX chiefly for אֳנִיָּה ;] a boat, also (= obsolete ναῦς) a ship: Mat.4:21-22, and frequently in Gosp. and Ac, Jas.3:4, Rev.8:9 18:19. (AS)

of AdramyttiumἈδραμυττηνῷAdramuttēnōG0098
Adramyttium

Ἀδραμυττηνός (Adramuttēnos) Ἁδραμυντηνός (T, Rec. Ἀδραμυττηνός), -ή,-όν, of Adramyttium, a seaport of Mysia: Act.27:2.† (AS)

being aboutμέλλοντιmellontiG3195
to ensue

μέλλω (mellō) μέλλω, [in LXX: Job.3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac ;] to be about to be or do; 1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114); (a) of intending or being about to do of one's own free will: with inf. praes., Mat.2:13, Luk.10:1, Act.3:3 5:35, Heb.8:5, 2Pe.1:12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), Act.12:6, Rev.3:16; (b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Mat.16:27, Luk.9:31, Jhn.6:71, Rom.4:24, al.; with inf. aor., Rom.8:18, Gal.3:23, Rev.3:2 12:4. …

to sailπλεῖνpleinG4126
to sail

πλέω (pleō) πλέω [in LXX, before εἰς, Jon.1.3 (בּוֹא), I Est.4:23, Isa.42:10; before ἐπί, 4Ma.7:3; with accusative (poët.), Sir.43:24, 1Ma.13:29 (cf. Act.27:2, Rec.) * ;] to sail: Luk.8:23, Act.27:24; before εἰς, Act.21:3 27:2, 6; ἐπί, Rev.18:17 (cf. ἀπό-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-, ὑπο-πλέω).† (AS)

alongκατὰkataG2596
according to

κατά (kata) κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a), prep. with genitive, accusative, down, downwards. I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2). 1. C. genitive of thing(s), in local sense; (a) down, down from: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, 1Co.11:4; (b) throughout (late usage; Bl, l.with): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ., Luk.4:14 23:5, Act.9:31 10:37; (with) in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους, deep or extreme poverty, 2Co.8:2. 2. C. genitive of person(s), usually in hostile sense; …

AsiaἈσίανAsianG0773
Asia

Ἀσία (Asia) Ἀσία, -ας, ἡ Asia, the Roman province: Act.2:9 6:9 16:6 19:1, 10 19:22, 26 (M, Pr., 73), Act.19:27 Act.20:4, 16 20:18 21:27 24:18 27:2, Rom.16:5, 1Co.16:19, 2Co.1:8, 2Ti.1:15, 1Pe.1:1, Rev.1:4.† (AS)

placesτόπουςtopousG5117
place

τόπος (topos) τόπος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מָקוֹם ;] place: Luk.4:37 10:1, 32 Jhn.5:13 6:10, Act.12:17, 1Co.1:2, al.; τ. ἅγιος (cf. Isa.60:13), Mat.24:15; ἔρημος, Mat.14:13, al.; πεδινός, Luk.6:17; ἄνυδρος (pl.), Mat.12:43, Luk.11:24; κατὰ τόπος (BV, in divers places), Mat.24:7, Mrk.13:8; τραχεῖς τ., Act.27:29; τ. διθάλασσος (which see), ib. 41; ἑτοιμάζειν τ., Jhn.14:2, 3; ἔχειν, Rev.12:6; διδόναι, Luk.14:9; with genitive defin., τ. βασάνου, Luk.16:28; τ. καταπαύσεως, Act.7:49; κρανίου, Mat.27:33, Mrk.15:22, Jhn.19:17; before οὗ, Rom.9:26; ὅπου, Mat.28:6, Mrk.16:6, Jhn.4:20 6:23 10:40 11:30 19:41; ἐ …

we set sail —ἀνήχθημενanēchthēmenG0321
to lead

ἀνάγω (anagō) ἀν-άγω [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi. ;] to lead or bring up: before είς, with accusative loc., Mat.4:1, Luk.2:22 4:5 (WH om. είς, κ.τ.λ.), Act.9:39 16:34; of raising the dead (cl.), ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.10:7, Heb.13:20; to produce and set before, τ. λαῷ, Act.12:4 (MM, VGT, see word); in sacrificial sense (MM, 1 with), to offer, θυσίαν, Act.7:41. Mid., in nautical sense (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.), to put to sea: Luk.8:22, Act.13:13 16:11 18:21 20:3, 13 21:1-2 27:2, 4 27:12, 21 28:10-11 (cf.ἐπ-ανάγω).† (AS)

while was beingὄντοςontosG1510
you are

εἶ (ei) εἰμί, with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. I. As substantive verb. 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28. 2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al. …

withσὺνsunG4862
with

σύν (sun) σύν (old Att. ξύν), prep. with dative, expressing association, fellowship and inclusion. It gradually gave way to μετά, with genitive (cf. LS, see word; Bl., §41, 3), and is therefore comparatively infrequent in NT, being rare in Mat.4, Mrk.6, Jhn.3, and elsewhere (exx. Jas.1:11, 2Pe.1:18) only in Lk (Gosp. and Ac) and Paul. With, together with: of companionship and association, Luk.2:13, Jhn.21:3, Act.10:23, al.; εἶναι σύν τινι, Luk.7:12, Act.4:13, Php.1:23, al.; of partisanship, Act.4:13; οἱ σύν τινι, of attendants, companions or colleagues, Mrk.2:26, Luk.5:9, Act.5:17, al.; of assistance, …

usἡμῖνhēminG3165
me

μέ (me) 1. apostrophe for με. 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)

AristarchusἈριστάρχουAristarchouG0708
Aristarchus

Ἀρίσταρχος (Aristarchos) Ἀρίσταρχος, -ου, ὁ (ἄριστος, ἀρχός; i.e. best-ruling) Aristarchus: Act.19:29 20:4 27:2, Col.4:10, Phm 24 (AS)

a MacedonianΜακεδόνοςMakedonosG3110
Macedonia

Μακεδών (Makedōn) Μακεδών, -όνος, ὁ a Macedonian: Act.16:9 19:29 27:2, 2Co.9:2 9:4.† (AS)

of Thessalonica.Θεσσαλονικέως.ThessalonikeōsG2331
Thessalonian

Θεσσαλονικεύς (Thessalonikeus) θεσσαλονικεύς, -έως, ὁ a Thessalonian: Act.20:4 27:2, 1Th.1:1, 2Th.1:1.† (AS)

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