Acts 27:40
“And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And falling into a place where two seas met,.... An "isthmus", on each side of which the sea ran; and which the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Had taken up the anchors - The four anchors with which they had moored the ship, Act 27:29. See the margin. The…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Taken up the anchors - Weighed all the anchors that they had cast out of the stern. Some think the meaning of the word…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 27:21-44
We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And when they had taken up the anchors The verb in the original implies that they cast loose all the anchors round about…