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Acts 27:26

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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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Nevertheless, we have to run aground 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

21With our appetite for both food and life long gone, Paul took his place in our midst and said, "Friends, you really should have listened to me back in Crete. We could have avoided all this trouble and trial. But there's no need to dwell on that now. From now on, things are looking up! I can assure you that there'll not be a single drowning among us, although I can't say as much for the ship—the ship itself is doomed. 23"Last night God's angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve, saying to me, ‘Don't give up, Paul. You're going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.' So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me. But we're going to shipwreck on some island or other." 27On the fourteenth night, adrift somewhere on the Adriatic Sea, at about midnight the sailors sensed that we were approaching land. Sounding, they measured a depth of 120 feet, and shortly after that ninety feet. Afraid that we were about to run aground, they threw out four anchors and prayed for daylight. 30Some of the sailors tried to jump ship. They let down the lifeboat, pretending they were going to set out more anchors from the bow. Paul saw through their guise and told the centurion and his soldiers, "If these sailors don't stay with the ship, we're all going down." So the soldiers cut the lines to the lifeboat and let it drift off. 33With dawn about to break, Paul called everyone together and proposed breakfast: "This is the fourteenth day we've gone without food. None of us has felt like eating! But I urge you to eat something now. You'll need strength for the rescue ahead. You're going to come out of this without even a scratch!" 35He broke the bread, gave thanks to God, passed it around, and they all ate heartily—276 of us, all told! With the meal finished and everyone full, the ship was further lightened by dumping the grain overboard. 39At daybreak, no one recognized the land—but then they did notice a bay with a nice beach. They decided to try to run the ship up on the beach. They cut the anchors, loosed the tiller, raised the sail, and ran before the wind toward the beach. But we didn't make it. Still far from shore, we hit a reef and the ship began to break up. 42The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so none could escape by swimming, but the centurion, determined to save Paul, stopped them. He gave orders for anyone who could swim to dive in and go for it, and for the rest to grab a plank. Everyone made it to shore safely.

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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