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Complete Jewish Bible

Acts 27:26

Nevertheless, we have to run aground on some island."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mariners (Sailors);   Paul;   Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Missionary Journeys;   Missions, World-Wide;   Paul's;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Euroclydon;   Julius;   Melita;   Ship;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ephesians, Book of;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Italy;   Nero;   Ships and Boats;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Melita;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Island;   Lycia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But we have to run aground on some island.”
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, we must be cast vpon a certaine Iland.
King James Version
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
English Standard Version
But we must run aground on some island."
New American Standard Bible
"But we must run aground on a certain island."
New Century Version
But we will crash on an island."
Amplified Bible
but we must run [the ship] aground on some island."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But we must run aground on a certain island."
Legacy Standard Bible
But we must run aground on some island."
Berean Standard Bible
However, we must run aground on some island."
Contemporary English Version
But we will first be shipwrecked on some island.
Darby Translation
But we must be cast ashore on a certain island.
Easy-to-Read Version
But we will crash on an island."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.
George Lamsa Translation
However, we will be cast upon an island.
Good News Translation
But we will be driven ashore on some island."
Lexham English Bible
But it is necessary that we run aground on some island."
Literal Translation
But we must fall on a certain island.
American Standard Version
But we must be cast upon a certain island.
Bible in Basic English
But we will be sent on to a certain island.
Hebrew Names Version
But we must run aground on a certain island."
International Standard Version
However, we will have to run aground on some island."Acts 28:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Nevertheless, upon a certain island we have to be cast.
Murdock Translation
Yet we are to be cast upon a certain island.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, we must be cast into a certayne Ilande.
English Revised Version
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
World English Bible
But we must run aground on a certain island."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But we must be cast on a certain island.
Weymouth's New Testament
But we are to be stranded on a certain island."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it bihoueth vs to come into sum yle.
Update Bible Version
But we must be cast on a certain island.
Webster's Bible Translation
But we must be cast upon a certain isle.
New English Translation
But we must run aground on some island."
New King James Version
However, we must run aground on a certain island."
New Living Translation
But we will be shipwrecked on an island."
New Life Bible
But the ship will be lost on some island."
New Revised Standard
But we will have to run aground on some island."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upon a certain island, however, must we needs be wrecked.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we must come unto a certain island.
Revised Standard Version
But we shall have to run on some island."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
How be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde.
Young's Literal Translation
and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit we must be cast in to a certayne ylonde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
notwithstanding we must be shipwrack'd upon some island."
Simplified Cowboy Version
But we will be shipwrecked on an island."

Contextual Overview

21 It was then, when they had gone a long time without eating, that Sha'ul stood up in front of them and said, "You should have listened to me and not set out from Crete; if you had, you would have escaped this disastrous loss. 22 But now, my advice to you is to take heart; because not one of you will lose his life — only the ship will be lost. 23 For this very night, there stood next to me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve. 24 He said, ‘Don't be afraid, Sha'ul! you have to stand before the Emperor. Look! God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.' 25 So, men, take heart! For I trust God and believe that what I have been told will come true. 26 Nevertheless, we have to run aground on some island." 27 It was the fourteenth night, and we were still being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when around midnight the sailors sensed that we were nearing land. 28 So they dropped a plumbline and found the water one hundred and twenty feet deep. A little farther on, they took another sounding and found it ninety feet. 29 Fearing we might run on the rocks, they let out four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come. 30 At this point, the crew made an attempt to abandon ship — they lowered the lifeboat into the sea, pretending that they were about to let out some anchors from the bow.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a certain: Acts 28:1

Reciprocal: Acts 27:41 - they ran

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island. This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should come to pass, it might be manifest that it was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event, a business of chance, but was predetermined by God, made known to the apostle, and predicted by him. This island was Melita; and the fulfilment of this part of the prediction is related in Acts 28:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Howbeit - Nevertheless.

Upon a certain island - Malta. See Acts 28:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 27:26. We must be cast upon a certain island. — The angel which gave him this information did not tell him the name of the island. It turned out to be Melita, on which, by the violence of the storm, they were wrecked some days after.


 
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