26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-44)We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul’s sake. We are here told (Acts 27:37) what number there were on board—mariners, merchants, soldiers, prisoners, and other passengers, in all two hundred and seventy-six souls; this is taken notice of to make us the more concerned for them in reading the st…
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