Acts 27:20 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:20

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

KJV

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Neither sun nor stars in many days appeared - And consequently they could make no observation; and, having no magnetical needle, could not tell in what direction they were going.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μήτε	mēte	Neither	G3383 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἡλίου	hēliou	sun	G2246 →
μήτε	mēte	nor	G3383 →
ἄστρων	astrōn	stars	G798 →
ἐπιφαινόντων	epiphainontōn	appearing	G2014 →
ἐπὶ	epi	for	G1909 →
πλείονας	pleionas	many	G4119 →
ἡμέρας,	hēmeras	days,	G2250 →
χειμῶνός	cheimōnos	tempest	G5494 →
τε	te	and	G5037 →
οὐκ	ouk	no	G3756 →
ὀλίγου	oligou	small	G3641 →
ἐπικειμένου	epikeimenou	afflicted [us]	G1945 →
λοιπὸν	loipon	from then on	G3063 →
περιῃρεῖτο	periēreito	was abandoned	G4014 →
ἐλπὶς	elpis	hope	G1680 →
πᾶσα	pasa	all	G3956 →
τοῦ	tou	of	G3588 →
σῴζεσθαι	sōzesthai	being saved	G4982 →
ἡμᾶς.	hēmas	us.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will…
leads to
- Amos 8:9
  And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
- Joel 3:15
  The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 24:23
  The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- Mark 13:24–25
  But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Through
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Psalms 77:7–9
  “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Ezekiel 39:25
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.