Acts 27:21 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:21

After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

BSB

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ASV

And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

KJV

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

After such a prolonged storm, he addresses them not with reproach, but wishes that in the future they would believe him, and presents what happened as testimony to the truth of what he had told them. Then he predicts two things, namely: that the ship …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But after long abstinence - By the violence of the storm, by their long continued labor, and by their apprehension of danger, they had a long time abstained from food. And to have gained this harm - To have procured this harm, or have subjected yourselves to it. Had you remained there you would have been safe. It seems to be bad English to speak of gaining a loss, but it is a correct translation of the original κερδῆσαί kerdēsai, which expresses the idea of acquiring or procuring, whether good or evil. See Act 27:9-10.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"The hardships which the crew endured during a gale of such continuance, and their exhaustion from laboring at the pumps and hunger, may be imagined, but are not described" [SMITH]. Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, &c.--not meaning to reflect on them for the past, but to claim their confidence for what he was now to say:

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πολλῆς	pollēs	Much	G4183 →
τε	te	also	G5037 →
ἀσιτίας	asitias	time without food	G776 →
ὑπαρχούσης	huparchousēs	there being	G5225 →
τότε	tote	at that time	G5119 →
σταθεὶς	statheis	having stood up	G2476 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλος	Paulos	Paul	G3972 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
μέσῳ	mesō	midst	G3319 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
εἶπεν·¶	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
Ἔδει	Edei	It was necessary [for you]	G1163 →
μέν,	men	indeed,	G3303 →
ὦ	ō	O	G5599 →
ἄνδρες,	andres	men,	G435 →
πειθαρχήσαντάς	peitharchēsantas	having been obedient	G3980 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀνάγεσθαι	anagesthai	to have set sail	G321 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Κρήτης,	Krētēs	Crete,	G2914 →
κερδῆσαί	kerdēsai	to have incurred	G2770 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ὕβριν	hubrin	disaster	G5196 →
ταύτην	tautēn	this	G3778 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζημίαν.	zēmian	loss.	G2209 →

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

The walk8

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
Genesis 42:22
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
leads to
- Psalms 9:12
  For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- 1 Kings 2:32
  The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- 2 Chronicles 24:22
  Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call…
- Genesis 37:21–22
  When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
- Genesis 9:5–6
  And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Through
Acts 27:7
After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
leads to
- Acts 2:11
  both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Titus 1:12
  As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
- Titus 1:5
  The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.