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Acts 27:20 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 20
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.Acts 27:20 · King James Version
Acts 27:20 in context
18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20And 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.
21But 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.
22And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- appearedepiphainōto show to or upon, to bring to light, to appear, become visible, of stars, to become…G2014 →
- tempestcheimōnwinter, stormy or rainy weather, a tempest, winter, the winter seasonG5494 →
- starsastrona group of stars, a constellation, a starG798 →
- smalloligoslittle, small, few, of number multitude, quantity, or size, of time short, of degree or…G3641 →
- savedsōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
- manypleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
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In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20