Acts 27:9-44 - Corps Notes - January 18, 1977
Acts 27:9-44 January 18, 1977 There are over 50 nautical words or terms in the 27th chapter of Acts. I would just like to sometime get all those nautical terms down and give you a piece of paper with all 52 or 53 terms on it. I think we closed with verse 8 the last time, so tonight we go with verse 9. Acts 27:9 “now” - already “the fast” - the fast was the atonement. It was the day of Atonement and the Day of Atonement was always the 10th day of the 7th month. The reason this is recorded here is because they registered their days by the fast - like we say January 1st. According to history, the middle of September to November is a really dangerous period to travel by ship in this area. This fast perhaps occurred, according to the best of my reckoning, about October the 5th. Acts 27:10 “sirs” – men “perceive” - see “voyage” – sailing “damage” – loss “lading” – cargo “also of our lives” – of our lives also Acts 27:11 “nevertheless” - but “master” – captain “by” - of Acts 27:12 “commodious” - ideal “depart” - launch “south west and north west” - depends on where you are standing and how you’re looking; whether you’re on shore looking out or whether you’re in a boat looking in. Phenice was about 40 miles from Fair Heavens northwest. It was on the south shore of Crete and really at best it only should have taken them a few hours to get there. Acts 27:13 “loosing thence” - loosing anchors “close by Crete” – nearby, or; as close into Crete as possible Acts 27:14 “tempestuous”- tuphōnikos – it was a wind that had the force of a typhoon. That period when the wind blew softly must have just been the quiet before the storm. Maybe they were right in the eye of the typhoon; it was really quiet. “Euroclydon” - it was a north by northeast wind of tremendous force Acts 27:15 “could not bear up into” – could not face into “we let her drive” – they just turned her loose; they couldn’t hold it Acts 27:16 “under” - under the lee of - they ran right under the lee of it, the cover of it.
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