And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
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Gill's Exposition
And when they had taken up the anchors,.... The four anchors they cast out of the stern, Act 27:29 or "when they had cut the anchors", as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; that is, had cut the…
Barnes' Notes
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 entire strangers to the coast and to the whole island, A…
Adam Clarke
They knew not the land - And therefore knew neither the nature of the coast, nor where the proper port lay.
A - creek with a shore - Κολπον, Sinum, a bay, with a shore; a neck of land perhaps on…
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…
Cambridge Bible
they knew not the land We are not from this to suppose that none of the sailors were acquainted with the island of Malta, but that the point of the land close to which they were was unrecognised by…