They knew not (ουκ επεγινωσκον). Imperfect active of επιγινωσκω, to recognize. Probably conative, tried to recognize and could not…

They knew not the land. They had been driven with a tempest, without being able to make any observation; and it is probable that they were…

They knew not the land.—It was, of course, quite probable that at least some of the sailors had been to Malta before; but…

They wanted to let it go ashore, and break up, and so save their lives.

With a profusion of nautical detail that makes this chapter unique, Luke tells how the ship was beached amid the pounding surf on a sandbar some di…

And when it was day they knew not the land
What place it was, or the name of it:

but they discove…

The ship that had weathered the storm in the open sea, where it had room, is dashed to pieces when it sticks fast. Thus, if the heart becomes fixed…