Acts 27:26

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Howbeit	δέ de	G1161	but · conjunction
we	ἡμᾶς hēmâs	G2248	us
must	δεῖ dei	G1163	also deon deh-on' · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
cast	ἐκπεσεῖν.¶ ekpesein	G1601	to drop away · verb — second aorist active infinitive
upon	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
certain	τινα tina	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — accusative singular feminine
island	νῆσον nēson	G3520	an island · noun — accusative singular feminine

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Cross-references

Acts 28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, a…
Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

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 (Act 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 one Paul among them worth more than all the rest. We left them in despair, giving up themselves for gone. Whether they called every man on his God, as Jonah's mariners did, we are not told; it is well i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:24

saying, Fear not, Paul: thou must be brought before CÃ&brvbrsar and, lo, God hath given thee all . . . that sail with thee--While the crew were toiling at the pumps, Paul was wrestling in prayer, not for himself only and the cause in which he was going a prisoner to Rome, but with true magnanimity of soul for all his shipmates; and God heard him, "giving him" (remarkable expression!) all that sailed with him. "When the cheerless day came he gathered the sailors (and passengers) around him on the deck of the laboring vessel, and raising his voice above the storm" [HOWSON], reported the divine communication he had received; adding with a noble simplicity, "for I believe God that it shall be ev…

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Adam Clarke on Acts 27:26

We must be cast upon a certain island - The angel which gave him this information did not tell him the name of the island. It turned out to be Melita, on which, by the violence of the storm, they were wrecked some days after.

John Gill on Acts 27:26

Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island. This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should come to pass, it might be manifest that it was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event, a business of chance, but was predetermined by God, made known to the apostle, and predicted by him. This island was Melita; and the fulfilment of this part of the prediction is related in Acts 28:1.

Dictionary and topics

Crete — Now called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles long and 35 broad. It was at one time a very prosperous and populous island, having a “hundred cities.” The…
Haven — A harbour (Ps. 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called “Fair Havens,” is mentioned Acts 27:8.
Ship — No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much information concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in the narrative of St. Paul’s voyage…
Ships — Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Num. 24:24). Solomon…
Mariners (Sailors) · Perils of — Perils of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 27:26

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:24

Adam Clarke on Acts 27:26

John Gill on Acts 27:26

Dictionary and topics

Acts 27:26

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:24

Adam Clarke on Acts 27:26

John Gill on Acts 27:26

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 27:21-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 27:21-26