That we should sail (του αποπλειν ημας). This genitive articular infinitive with εκριθη like the LXX construction translating the …

CHAPTER 27

And when it was determined. By Festus (Acts 25:12), and when the time came when it was convenient to send hi…

Paul and certain other prisoners. The Greek for “other” implies that they were prisoners of a different class. It is probable, how…

Even a Roman centurion could see that Paul was no ordinary prisoner, and that it was quite safe to allow him privileges which others might have abu…

The account of Paul’s journey to Rome is the longest of Luke’s four “we” sections (27:1–28:16; cf. 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). The vividness and p…

Luke sets down Paul’s voyage by sea primarily for this purpose: that we may know he was brought to Rome wonderfully by God’s hand; and that the glo…

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy ,
&c.] The chief city of which was Rome, the metropolis of the empir…

It was determined by the counsel of God, before it was determined by the counsel of Festus, that Paul should go to Rome; for God had work for him t…