In Depth Bible Study Notes For Acts 27:13-26

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In Depth Bible Study Notes For Acts 27:13-26

We now move into the second section of this chapter; here we see the storm Paul predicted.

Read Acts 27:13.  At first it appears that everything is going to be OK - the sailors get that nice gentle south wind they want to sail along the coast.  But the sea, as we will see, is always unpredictable.

Read Acts 27:14-15.  Now they are facing a fierce wind sweeping down from the north which blows them south and away from Crete - way off course.  Apparently this was like a typhoon in strength - there was nothing they could do to go against it; they could only be driven along.

Read Acts 27:16-17.  My commentary does a good job of providing more information about these two verses.  "Cauda. About 23 miles from Crete. This provided enough shelter to make preparation against the storm. to make the lifeboat secure. A small boat was being towed behind the ship. It was interfering with the progress of the ship and with the steering. It may also have been in danger of being crushed against the ship in the wind and the waves. It had to be taken aboard

(v. 17).  passed ropes under the ship. Probably crosswise, in order to keep the ship from being broken apart by the storm. Syrtis. A long stretch of desolate banks of quicksand along northern Africa off the coast of Tunis and Tripoli--still far away, but in such a storm the ship could be driven a great distance. sea anchor. Lowered apparently to keep the ship from running onto the sandbars of Syrtis, but the Greek for this expression should perhaps be rendered "mainsail.""  { Ask group to find Cauda &  Syrtis on the flannel map }

Read Acts 27:18-19.  As we will read later, they did not throw all the cargo (grain) overboard at this point, but obviously did get rid of some.  The ship's tackle would have consisted of Spars, planks and perhaps the yardarm with the mainsail attached.

Read Acts 27:20.  This was not a storm that lasted a few hours, did some damage, and was gone.  No, this literally raged for days, the storm so fierce that they could not even see the sun or stars.  I can't even imagine how terrifying this must have been, caught in a wooden ship in the midst of the ocean in such weather.

Read Acts 27:21.  I think that through all this only Paul had any sense of security and confidence.  After all, God had promised him that he would reach Rome and be His witness there.  Read Acts 23:11.  He knew he would survive, but no one else on the ship, Luke included (as we read in the previous verse) believed they would escape this.  Paul says "Men, you should have taken my advice"; though this is a ship and there would have been a chain of command among the sailors, just as the centurions would have had authority over the soldier, we know from verse 12 that the decision to sail from Fair Havens was a majority decision.  Re-read verse Acts 27:12.  The other prisoners, of course, would not have had any say, but the soldiers and sailors would have.  It says here that the men had gone a long time without food.  As we will read later, this was not because they didn't have food, but rather because the storm was so violent that eating was neither easy nor probably pleasant, because of sea sickness.

Paul now shares the good news of what God has told him, through an angel.  Read Acts 27:22-26.  So none of the men would die, Paul promised, but the ship would be destroyed.    I'm sure God knew exactly how much these men could take and knew that they needed some hope to keep them from falling into utter despair and perhaps doing something suicidal, hence why He sent the angel to Paul.

To be continued...

Sources
Editors. Compton's Interactive Bible (software)
Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford (notes).

The Student Bible.  NIV Version

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