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But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
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A Treacherous Sandbar
Commentators explain that the "place where two seas met" was likely a hidden sandbar, possibly between Malta and a small islet. The ship, aiming for a beach, unexpectedly ran aground. The front became stuck fast while the stern was violently broken apart by waves coming from two directions, which ironically provided the very planks needed for their escape.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And falling. Being carried by the wind and waves.
Into a place where two seas met. Greek: Into a place of a double
But lighting upon (περιπεσοντες δε). Second aorist active participle of περιπιπτω, old verb to fall into and so be encompassed by …
19th Century
Anglican
And falling into a place where two seas met.—Better, But falling, as in contrast with the attempt described in the previous verse…
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Baptist
The soldiers were responsible for them. They would be held accountable if a prisoner escaped; so, with that cruelty and yet that obedience to law w…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
They thrust in the ship. And then it might have seemed that God had mocked Paul, and that Paul, by trifling, had led his companions into a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And falling into a place where two seas met An "isthmus", on each side of which the sea ran; and which the inhabitan…
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…
