Acts 27 Notes

Notes

vv. 1-8 - Having appealed to Caesar, Paul set sail for Italy under the charge of a centurion named, Julius, in an Adramyttian ship; the ship was about to sail along the western coast of Asia Minor; Paul and Luke were accompanied by Aristarchus; the next day (day two of the entire journey), they put in at Sidon and Paul was allowed to visit friends and receive care; from there they put out to see and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were against them; they landed at Myra in Lycia; the centurion found a different ship, an Alexandrian ship, sailing for Italy and booked passage for Paul and the other prisoners; sailing slowly because conditions were difficult, they arrived off the coast of Cnidus and then sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone; with difficulty they came to Fair Havens, near Lasea;

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Acts 27:1 NASB95

1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

Acts 27:6 NASB95

6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

9-20 Ignoring the apostolic word leads to no hope of salvation

Acts 27:9–10 NASB95

9 When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them, 10 and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

Acts 27:11 NASB95

11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

21-32

Acts 27:21–26 NASB95

21 When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss. 22 “Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 “For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’ 25 “Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. 26 “But we must run aground on a certain island.”

Acts 27:31–32 NASB95

31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.

33-44 Trusting in the apostolic word leads to salvation

Acts 27:33–34 NASB95

33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. 34 “Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.”

Acts 27:42–44 NASB95

42 The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; 43 but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.