and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
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and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
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and sayde vnto them Syrs I perceave that this vyage wilbe with hurte and moche domage not of the ladynge and ship only: but also of oure lyves.
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And sayde vnto them, Syrs, I see that this voiage will be with hurt and much damage, not of the lading and ship onely, but also of our liues.
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Passages linked to Acts 27:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Daniel 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
- Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- Acts 27:20-26 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away. When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss. Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve, saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me. But we must run aground on a certain island.”
- Acts 27:41-44 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves. The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape. But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land; and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
- Psalms 25:14 The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
- Genesis 41:16-25 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river; and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass; and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle; and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke. I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good; and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.” Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:38-39 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
- 2 Kings 6:9-10 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place; for the Syrians are coming down there.” The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
- Acts 27:34 Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
- Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
- 1 Peter 4:18 “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that…
10 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.
Ver. 10. But also of our lives] Which every creature, from the highest angel to the lowest worm, maketh much of. Why is living man sorrowful? Lam 3:39. As if the prophet should say, He hath cause to rejoice that he is yet alive amidst all his sorrows. A living dog is better than a dead lion. "Joseph is yet alive." This was more worth to Jacob than all Joseph’s honour. It is the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed. Skin for skin, &c. It should not be grievous to any man to sacrifice his estate to the service of his life.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Paul did not say this so much by reason…
Paul did not say this so much by reason of the time of the year, and the tempests which do usually attend it, as by a prophetical spirit: God intending to provide for Paul in this tedious and difficult journey, endues him with the gift of prophecy; which (especially when they saw it verified) could not but beget a great respect toward him, and might be a means of salvation to many that were with him.
But also of our lives; so it had been, their lives had been lost as well as the ship and goods, had not God given the lives of all in the ship unto Paul, and saved them for his sake; as Act 27:24.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive,.... Not only…
And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive,.... Not only by the tempestuous weather which they had met with, and still continued, and which they must expect to have, if they continued on their voyage; but by a spirit of prophecy, which he was endued with, by which he foresaw, and so foretold, as follows;
that this voyage will be with hurt, and with much damage not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives; or of our persons, or bodies, that is, of the health of them; for certain it is that it was revealed to the apostle, that not one life should be lost; but yet through the shipwreck, what with the fright of it, and being in the water, much damage must accrue to their persons, as well as the ship and all its freight be lost.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Saying to them - To the centurion and other…
Saying to them - To the centurion and other officers.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. I perceive that this voyage will be…
Verse 10. I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt, &c.] Paul might either have had this intimation from the Spirit of God, or from his own knowledge of the state of this sea after the autumnal equinox, and therefore gave them this prudent warning.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Sirs - Greek: Men.
Sirs - Greek: Men.
I perceive - It is not certain that Paul understood this by direct inspiration. He might have perceived it from his own knowledge of the danger of navigation at the autumnal equinox, and from what he saw of the ship as unsuited to a dangerous navigation. But there is nothing that should prevent our believing also that he was guided to this conclusion by the inspiration of the Spirit of God. Compare Act 27:23-24.
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Will be with hurt - With injury or hazard. It is not meant that their lives would be lost, but that they would be jeoparded.
The lading - The freight of the ship. It was laden with wheat, Act 27:38. Paul evidently, by this, intended to suggest the propriety of remaining where they were until the time of dangerous navigation was past.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ye men, I see, &c. This St. Paul foretells…
Ye men, I see, &c. This St. Paul foretells as a prophet. (Witham)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Sirs, I perceive, that this voyage will be with…
Sirs, I perceive, that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, &c.--not by any divine communication, but simply in the exercise of a good judgment aided by some experience. The event justified his decision.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. I perceive—Not by revelation, as in Act_27:23, but…
10. I perceive—Not by revelation, as in Act_27:23, but by natural perception and inference.
Lives—All escaped, so that Paul speaks not here as a prophet.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. Sirs, I perceive that this (R. V. the)…
10. Sirs, I perceive that this (R. V. the) voyage will be with hur, and much damage (R. V. injury and much loss)]. Evidently the character of the Apostle had won him the regard and respect of those in charge of the vessel as well as of the centurion. He must have had some experience of sailing in the Mediterranean, and so was fitted to speak on the question which was now being debated. We should bear in mind too that he had seen more of perils by sea already than we gather from the Acts. For some time before this voyage to Rome, he wrote to the Corinthians (2Co_11:25), “Thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep.”
The verb rendered “I perceive” implies the results of observation, and does not refer to any supernatural communication which the Apostle had received. This is clear from the end of the verse where St Paul speaks of hurt to the lives of those on board, which did not come to pass (Act_27:44).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be…
(10) Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt.—The tone is clearly that of a man who speaks more from the foresight gained by observation than from a direct supernatural prediction. St. Paul had had, it will be remembered, the experience of three shipwrecks (2Co_11:25), and the Epistle to Titus, though probably written later, shows an acquaintance with Crete which suggests that he may have had some knowledge even of the very harbour in which they had found refuge. His advice accordingly was to remain where they were, in comparative safety, in spite of the drawbacks referred to in Act_27:12. The word for “hurt,” which properly means “outrage,” is used here in the sense of a violent calamity.
Not only of the lading.—The cargo probably consisted chiefly of corn coming from Alexandria to Rome. (Comp. Notes on Act_27:18; Act_27:38.)
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But also of our lives.—No lives were actually lost (Act_27:44), but the Apostle speaks now, as above, from the stand-point of reasonable opinion. When his counsel was rejected he gave himself to prayer, and to that prayer (Act_27:24) he attributes the preservation of his companions not less than his own.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The, for this, A.V.; injury for hurt, A.V.; loss…
The, for this, A.V.; injury for hurt, A.V.; loss for damage, A.V.; the ship for ship, A.V.. Sirs, I perceive; etc. St. Paul"s opinion and reasons are evidently not fully given; only the result, that he strongly advised against the course to which they were inclined, and foretold disaster as likely to ensue from it. I perceive (qewrw), as Joh_4:19; Act_17:22. In all these places something actually seen or heard leads to the inference or conclusion stated. So here the angry state of the weather and of the sea perhaps they had walked as far as Cape Matala, and seen the rough waves convinced him of the rashness of the enterprise contemplated. Injury (ubrewv, and at ver. 21); literally, violence, rough usage properly of persons to persons, (as 2Co_12:10) but metaphorically here transferred to inanimate objects. Compare the use of uJbrizw (Mat_22:6; Luk_18:32; Act_14:5; 1Th_2:2) and the phrases nausistonon ubrin (Pindar), qalatthv ubrin (Anthol.), ojmbrwn ubriv (Josephus), quoted in Kninoel and Meyer. Meyer"s explanation of ubriv, as meaning "presumption" or "temerity" on the part of the navigators, is quite inadmissible, especially in view of ver. 21. Also of our lives. Observe the thorough honesty of the historian who thus records the words of the apostle, though they were not justified by the event (vers. 22, 24).
The mission of Divine warnings.
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St. Paul was moved by God"s Spirit to warn the sailors of the consequences of proceeding on the voyage. No doubt the apostle had a large experience of the sea, and in part gave his personal opinion, but we must recognize that he had the gift of foresight, and this may very readily, on occasion, pass into the gift of prophecy. We note that it is an almost universal method of Divine dealing to warn before judgment falls. Illustration may be found in Noah"s warning before the flood, Jonah"s warning to Nineveh, Daniel"s to Nebuchadnezzar, the warnings of Jehovah"s prophets, and our Lord"s warning addressed to the guilty people of Jerusalem. We ask why these are given both to individuals and to nations, and what precise purposes do such warnings accomplish.
I THEY MAY BE PREVENTVE OF CALAMITY. St. Paul"s would have been if it had been heeded. The warning of Jonah was, for the king and people of Nineveh did give heed to it. Explain that in the Divine rule of the world and men, no events need be regarded as absolutely and irrevocably settled. God"s foreknowings and fore-ordainings are quite consistent with the conditional character of all events as regarded by men. We can prevent overhanging calamities up to certain limits of time. We can if we will duly keep Divine principles, and heed Divine warnings.
II THEY SHOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MAN"S CONDUCT AND MAN"S CIRCUMSTANCES. This is always the point of a Divine warning. This connection we are always in peril of denying or of forgetting. If we possibly can we think of events as accidents, and then all moral relations and uses are taken away from them. We never can call them "accidents" in the face of Divine warnings, for these distinctly affirm that the character of the coming events depends upon ourselves. It should be carefully shown that public events may not depend on individuals, but they do upon social conditions; and it may also be shown that the wrongdoing of some one may involve the calamity of many. In further and more minutely unfolding the mission of Divine warnings, it may be shown that
III THEY MAKE MEN PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND GIVE THEIR AFTER-ACTIONS A DISTINCT MORAL QUALITY. The warned man does not act at unawares. All excuses are taken away. The character of his proposed conduct is revealed to him in its issues. He acts upon knowledge, and the action is obedient or self-willed, good or bad.
IV THEY SOLEMNLY AFFIRM THE SUPREME KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND THE DIVINE OVERRULING OF ALL AFFAIRS. In man"s willfulness he says of some things, "They are mere calamities; man"s conduct had nothing to do with them;" and then again of other events he will say, "They are simply the natural consequences of men"s foolish and wicked doings, and we need not think that God has anything to do with them." Correcting both errors, God"s warnings make us understand that he rules and overrules all events, all actions, all sins, "making the very wroth of man to praise him." Show, in conclusion, that warnings still come to us
(1) through men;
(2) through the Word;
(3) through providences;
(4) through the inward witnessings of God"s Holy Spirit.
Individuals and nations now cannot press on in paths of evil without finding, again and again, God"s angel of warning blocking the way, as he did for foolish, covetous, willful Balaam. R.T.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:10-11 Paul realized what would happen if they went…
27:10-11 Paul realized what would happen if they went on. He warned the ship’s officers, but they and the Roman officer were unlikely to listen to an imprisoned Jewish rabbi with no experience as a seaman. Later, however, they would respect him more (27:30-36, 42-43).
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