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Acts 27:41 Cross-References
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“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.”
Acts 27:41 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 27:41
Falling into a place where two seas met—The nautical term (τόπον διθάλασσον, topon dithalasson) describes a reef or sandbar where currents converge. Archaeological research identifies this as Malta's St. Paul's Bay, where a muddy channel between Salmonetta promontory and the island creates exactly such conditions. The forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken—Luke's precise description reflects eyewitness detail: the ship's prow lodged in sand while the stern, exposed to wave action (τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων, the violence of the waves), disintegrated. This divine...
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Cross-References for Acts 27:41
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“Thrice was I beaten with rods”
“Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.”
“saying”
“they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars”
“Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.”
“your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.”