And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
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Gill's Exposition
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,.... Paul, and the rest: this they had not only an inclination to, but they declared it, and gave it as their opinion, and what they thought…
Barnes' Notes
And falling - Being carried by the wind and waves. Into a place where two seas met - Greek: into a place of a double sea - διθάλασσον dithalasson. That is, a place which was washed on both sides by…
Adam Clarke
Where two seas meet - The tide running down from each side of the tongue of land, mentioned Act 27:39, and meeting at the point.
Ran the ship aground - In striving to cross at this point of land, they…
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
And falling into a place where two seas met The conjunction should here be rendered adversatively "But." The verse goes on to describe some circumstances which defeated the intention of the sailors.…
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