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But we must run aground on a certain island."
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Commentators emphasize that the shipwreck was not a random event but a specific detail revealed to Paul by God. Charles Ellicott calls it a 'prophetic insight,' and John Gill states it was foretold to show the event was predetermined by God, not a matter of chance. The word 'must' signifies a divine necessity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Howbeit. Nevertheless.
Upon a certain island. Malta. See Acts 28:1.
We must be cast (δε ημας εκπεσειν). It is necessary for us to fall out (εκπεσειν, second aorist active infinitive of εκπιπτω). It …
19th Century
Anglican
We must be cast upon a certain island.—This had clearly formed part of the special revelation that had been granted to the Apostle. It was…
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Baptist
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: an…
Undoubtedly Paul shared the general pessimism on board ship (cf. the inclusive use of “we” in v.20). But one night toward the close of the fourteen…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island . ] This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should …
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