Act 27:1-3 | PNT | STEP | The Sea Voyage to Rome SUMMARY OF ACTS 27: The Centurion in Charge of Paul Embarks with Him for Rome. At Myra Take an Alexandrian Corn Ship. The Weather Tempestuous. Paul Advises the Centurion to Go into Harbor for the Winter. Caught by the Euroclydon and Driven. After Fourteen Days of Drifting, Paul Assures Them That All Will. Escape. The Ship Runs Ashore on the Island of Malta and Is Destroyed. The Men All Saved. When it was determined . When all was settled that Paul should go to Italy, and the time appointed had come. Delivered Paul and certain other prisoners . No information is given concerning these companions in bonds. Julius, a centurion . All we learn of this Roman officer is favorable. It is remarkable how uniformly Paul commanded the respect of the Roman officials with whom he came in contact. Sergius Paulus ( ), Gallio ( ), Felix ( ), Festus ( ), and Julius are examples of this. Of Augustus' band . Rather, "cohort". Josephus says that this period one of the cohorts stationed at Caesarea took the name of Augustus ("Wars", 2:12,7 and 2:12,5).

Acts 27:1-3

The Sea Voyage to Rome SUMMARY OF ACTS 27: The Centurion in Charge of Paul Embarks with Him for Rome. At Myra Take an Alexandrian Corn Ship. The Weather Tempestuous. Paul Advises the Centurion to Go into Harbor for the Winter. Caught by the Euroclydon and Driven. After Fourteen Days of Drifting, Paul Assures Them That All Will. Escape. The Ship Runs Ashore on the Island of Malta and Is Destroyed. The Men All Saved.

When it was determined. When all was settled that Paul should go to Italy, and the time appointed had come.

Delivered Paul and certain other prisoners. No information is given concerning these companions in bonds.

Julius, a centurion. All we learn of this Roman officer is favorable. It is remarkable how uniformly Paul commanded the respect of the Roman officials with whom he came in contact. Sergius Paulus (Ac 13:7-12), Gallio (Ac 18:12-17), Felix (Ac 24:22,23), Festus (Ac 25:12-14), and Julius are examples of this.

Of Augustus' band. Rather, "cohort". Josephus says that this period one of the cohorts stationed at Caesarea took the name of Augustus ("Wars", 2:12,7 and 2:12,5). A ship of Adramyttium. This city was on the Asiatic coast of the Aegean Sea. In those days there were no regular lines of passenger ships, and in making a voyage from Judea to Rome several ships might be necessary to complete the voyage. Paul took three before he reached Rome.

Aristarchus, a Macedonian. He is named in Ac 19:29 20:4. Luke and Aristarchus are the only fellow-Christians who attended Paul on the journey, as far as we know. In Col 4:10, written while a prisoner at Rome, Paul calls Aristarchus his "fellow prisoner", and in Phm 1:24, his "fellow worker". The next [day]. The next after sailing.

We touched at Sidon. Sidon was about sixty-seven miles north of Caesarea. Here the centurion suffered Paul to go ashore to see his friends, the disciples in Sidon.