And 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.
when.
Acts 19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
Acts 25:12,25 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Have …
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to …
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart …
Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath …
Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel …
Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.
Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and …
Romans 15:22-29 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you…
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 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion …
Acts 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come …
Hebrews 13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. …
a centurion.
Acts 27:11,43 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the …
Acts 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that …
Acts 21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: …
Acts 22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, …
Acts 23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Bring this …
Acts 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty…
Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to …
Matthew 8:5-10 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, …
Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, …
Luke 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, …
Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, …
Augustus'.
Acts 25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and …
And 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.
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 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had …
Luke 8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with …
to sail.
Acts 20:15,16 And we sailed there, and came the next day over against Chios; and …
Acts 21:1-3 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had …
Aristarchus.
Acts 19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, …
Acts 20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the …
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's …
Philemon 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow laborers.
with us.
Acts 16:10-13,17 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go …
Acts 20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our …
Acts 28:2,10,12,16 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled …
And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
Sidon.
Acts 12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but …
Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for …
Isaiah 23:2-4,12 Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of …
Zechariah 9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Julius.
Acts 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty…
Acts 27:1,3 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered …
Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to …
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Cyprus.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, …
Acts 11:19,20 Now they which were scattered abroad on the persecution that arose …
Acts 13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed to Seleucia; …
Acts 15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed …
Acts 21:3,16 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and …
the winds.
Matthew 14:24 But the ship was now in the middle of the sea, tossed with waves: …
Mark 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them: …
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Cilicia.
Acts 6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue …
Acts 15:23,41 And they wrote letters by them after this manner…
Acts 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, …
Acts 22:3 I am truly a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, …
Galatians 1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Pamphylia.
Acts 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about …
Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga …
Acts 15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from …
Myra. Myra was a city of Lycia, situated on a hill, twenty stadia from the sea.
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
the centurion.
Acts 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered …
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 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue …
Acts 18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent …
Acts 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which …
And 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;
Cnidus. Cnidus was a town and promontory of Caria in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now Cape Krio.
we sailed.
Acts 27:12,13,21 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part …
Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful …
Titus 1:5,12 For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order …
under.
Acts 27:4 And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because …
Crete, or, Candy. Crete, now Candy, is a large island in the Mediterranean,
Salmone. Salmone, now Salamina, was a city and cape on the east of the island of Crete.
And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
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.
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
And 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.
I perceive.
Acts 27:21-26,31,34 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the middle of them, …
Genesis 41:16-25,38,39 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give …
2 Kings 6:9,10 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that …
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show …
Daniel 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that …
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to …
damage, or, injury.
Acts 27:20,41-44 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small …
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and …
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
And 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.
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
not.
Exodus 14:21-27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused …
Jonah 1:3-5 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, …
arose, or beat. a tempestuous.
Psalm 107:25-27 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof…
Ezekiel 27:26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has …
Matthew 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the …
Mark 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the …
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.
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
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.
Which 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.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
being.
Psalm 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at …
the next.
Acts 27:19,38 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship…
Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and …
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and …
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely…
Philippians 3:7,8 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ…
Hebrews 12:1 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, …
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
And 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.
neither.
Exodus 10:21-23 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, …
Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be …
and no.
Psalm 107:25-27 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof…
Jonah 1:4,11-14 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a …
Matthew 8:24,25 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the …
2 Corinthians 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered …
all.
Isaiah 57:10 You are wearied in the greatness of your way; yet said you not, There …
Jeremiah 2:25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: …
Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of …
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the …
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them …
But 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.
after.
Acts 27:33-35 And while the day was coming on, Paul sought them all to take meat, saying…
Psalm 107:5,6 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them…
ye should.
Acts 27:9,10 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, …
Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do …
not.
Acts 27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained …
And 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.
I exhort.
Acts 27:25,36 Why, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning …
Ezra 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered …
Job 22:29,30 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; …
Psalm 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting …
Isaiah 43:1,2 But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that …
2 Corinthians 1:4-6 Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort …
2 Corinthians 4:8,9 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, …
for.
Acts 27:31,34,44 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide …
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that …
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
there.
Acts 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought …
Acts 12:8-11,23 And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals. …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
Daniel 6:22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they …
Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for …
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the …
whose.
Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …
Deuteronomy 32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Psalm 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Songs 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.
Songs 6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feeds among the lilies.
Isaiah 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by …
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of …
Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Ezekiel 36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; …
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine …
Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, said the LORD of hosts, in that day when …
John 17:9,10 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you …
1 Corinthians 6:20 For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, …
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, …
1 Peter 2:9,10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, …
and.
Acts 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the …
Psalm 116:16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of …
Psalm 143:12 And of your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict …
Isaiah 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have …
Daniel 3:17,26,28 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the …
Daniel 6:16,20 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into …
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall …
Romans 1:1,9 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated …
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you …
2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience…
2 Timothy 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle to all …
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according …
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Fear not.
Acts 18:9,10 Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, …
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, …
Genesis 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down …
1 Kings 17:13 And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but …
2 Kings 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than …
Isaiah 41:10-14 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …
Isaiah 43:1-5 But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that …
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul…
Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right …
thou.
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel …
Acts 19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when …
Acts 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good …
Acts 25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, …
Matthew 10:18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, …
John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man …
2 Timothy 4:16,17 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: …
Revelation 11:5-7 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, …
lo.
Acts 27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred three score and sixteen souls.
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …
Genesis 18:23-32 And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous …
Genesis 19:21,22,29 And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing …
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry…
Genesis 39:5,23 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in …
Isaiah 58:11,12 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in …
Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as …
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that …
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
But 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;
the fourteenth.
Acts 27:18-20 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they …
Adria. Adria strictly speaking, was the name of the Adriatic gulf, now the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Mediterranean, about
the shipmen.
Acts 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they …
1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge …
Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O …
Revelation 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, …
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
And 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,
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
said.
Acts 27:11,21,42,43 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the …
Except.
Acts 27:22-24 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss …
Psalm 91:11,12 For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways…
Jeremiah 29:11-13 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts …
Ezekiel 36:36,37 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I …
Luke 1:34,35 Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man…
Luke 4:9-12 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the …
John 6:37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes …
2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved …
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
And 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.
Wherefore 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.
And 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.
and gave.
Acts 2:46,47 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking …
1 Samuel 9:13 As soon as you be come into the city, you shall straightway find …
Matthew 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and …
Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took …
Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, …
John 6:11,23 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed …
Romans 14:6 He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that regards …
1 Corinthians 10:30,31 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that …
1 Timothy 4:3,4 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats…
in.
Psalm 119:46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power …
2 Timothy 1:8,12 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of …
1 Peter 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but …
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
they lightened.
Acts 27:18,19 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they …
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that …
Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and …
Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall …
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and …
Hebrews 12:1 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, …
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.
And 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.
And 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.
taken up, etc. or, cut the anchors, they left them in the sea, etc. ver.
Acts 27:29,30 Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four …
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.
Isaiah 33:23 Your tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, …
And 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.
they ran.
Acts 27:17,26-29 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, under girding the …
2 Corinthians 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered …
broken.
1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but …
2 Chronicles 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, …
Ezekiel 27:26,34 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has …
2 Corinthians 11:25,26 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered …
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
But 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:
And 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.
that.
Acts 27:22,24 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss …
Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out …
Amos 9:9 For, see, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among …
John 6:39,40 And this is the Father's will which has sent me, that of all which …
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our trouble which …
1 Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and …
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.
