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When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
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The Terror of Being Lost
Commentators explain that for ancient sailors, the sun and stars were their only navigation tools. With the sky obscured for days during a violent storm, they were not just in danger, but completely and hopelessly lost. This total loss of direction and control is what led to their absolute despair.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Neither sun nor stars, etc. As they could see neither sun nor stars, they could make no observations; and as they had no compass, they wou…
When neither sun nor stars shone upon us (μητε ηλιου μητε αστρων επιφαινοντων). Genitive absolute again.
For many d…
19th Century
Anglican
When neither sun nor stars in many days appeared.—We have to remember that before the invention of the compass, the sun and stars …
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Baptist
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. But…
For fourteen days and nights (cf. v.27), the ship was in the grip of the northeaster. The crew tried to lighten the ship by throwing overboard all …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared The Syriac version adds, "nor moon"; which is an usual descript…
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Those who set out on the ocean of this world with a favorable wind do not know what storms they may encounter; and therefore, they must not easily …
