Acts 27:26

Howbeit, we must be cast upon a certain island. This circumstance is foretold, that when the whole affair should come to pass, it might be manifest that it was not a casual thing, a fortuitous event,…

Howbeit - Nevertheless. Upon a certain island - Malta. See Act 28:1.

We must be cast upon a certain island - The angel which gave him this information did not tell him the name of the island. It turned out to be Melita, on which, by the violence of the storm, they were…

We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sake. We are here told (Act 27:37) what number there…

upon a certain island Hence it appears that in the vision some details of the manner of their preservation had been made known to St Paul by the divine messenger.