Acts 27:22

Act 27:22. Καί) The particle μὲν, put previously, required δὲ to follow, but καὶ has in it a degree of modesty.—[παραινῶ ὑμᾶς, I exhort you) Paul, however neglected his advice had been, is not angry notwithstanding, but proceeds to give wholesome advice in this place, and in Act 27:33.—V. g.]—οὐδεμία, πλὴν, no loss—except) A marvellous prediction: Act 27:24; Act 27:34; Act 27:44.

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Act 27:22 . καὶ τὰ νῦν , see on Act 27:21 , Paul would spare their reproaches, and rather awaken hope in their hearts (Bethge). παραινῶ : only in Luke, here and in Act 27:9 . Hobart speaks of it as the verb employed for a physician giving his advice, and although the word is common in classical Greek, cf. also 2Ma 7:25-26 R, 3Ma 5:17 ; 3Ma 7:12 A, its frequency in medical usage may account for its occurrence in this “We” section only; see also Hawkins, Horæ Synopticæ , p. 153. εὐθυμεῖν , cf. Act 27:25 ; Act 27:36 , and Act 24:10 , elsewhere in N.T. only in Jas 5:10 , but in classical Greek, and εὔθυμος in 2Ma 11:26 . The verb, adjective, and adverb εὐθύμως are used in medical language of the sick keeping up spirit, opposed to ἀθυμία and δυσθυμία ; εὐθυμεῖν παραινῶ might therefore well be a medical expression, Hobart, p. 280, although the verb εὐθ . is used intransitively, as here, in classical Greek, and in Plutarch. ἀποβολὴ : only here in N.T., “there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,” R.V., Winer-Moulton, lxvii. I.e. , πλὴν with the genitive, Act 8:1 ; Act 15:28 (once elsewhere in N.T., Mar 12:32 ).

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Verse 22. There shall be no loss of - life] This must be joyous news to those from whom all hope that they should be saved was taken away: Ac 27:20.

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(22) And now I exhort you to be of good cheer.—Look and tone, we may well believe, helped the words. It was something in that scene of misery and dejection to see one man stand forward with a brave, calm confidence.

For there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you.—The quiet courage of the speaker’s tone must at once have struck the listeners, even before they heard the grounds on which that courage rested.

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22. And now] i.e. though my advice was formerly rejected I offer it again.

there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship] R. V. “no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.” This is more literal, but does not alter the sense. The Apostle now speaks in the confidence of a revelation. Formerly (Act_27:10) he had reasoned from the probabilities of the case.

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And now I exhort you to be of good cheer,.... To take heart and courage, and not be cast down, though things had been thus with them, and they were now in a very melancholy plight and condition.

For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship; the ship will be lost, but not one person in it: there will be a shipwreck, and so every man's life will be in danger, and yet not one will perish; and therefore there was reason to be of good cheer, since this was what they could not, and did not expect, all hope of being saved was gone: wherefore this, if they could but believe it, must be good news to all the company; and in order to engage them to believe it, the apostle adds,

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22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

Ver. 22. Be of good cheer] So Bishop Ridley being once tossed by a sad tempest, Be of good cheer, said he to the boatmen, and ply your oars; for this boat carrieth a bishop that must be burned, not drowned. So Caesar said to the ferryman in a storm, Noli timere; Caesarem fers, et fortunam Caesaris: Never fear; Caesar is of better fortune than to die by drowning. That was a memorable speech of a philosopher, who being in danger of shipwreck in a light starry night, said, "Surely I shall not perish, there are so many eyes of providence over me." Much more may a saint say so.

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There shall be no loss - This must have been cheering news to those who had given up all for lost. As Patti had manifested great wisdom in his former advice to them, they might be now more disposed to listen to him. The reason why he believed they would be safe, he immediately states.

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Provided they would do as he required of them: see Act 27:31. In God’s promises there is a tacit condition, which from the nature of the thing is to be understood; as in that which was made to Eli, mentioned 1Sa 2:30. Paul did foretell this so particularly, that when it was come to pass, he might gain the more reputation to the truth of the gospel which he preached, and more glory to that God whom he worshipped.

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22. Life… ship—There were three clear points, as from a dark background in the future, revealed to Paul: the safety of every life, the loss of the ship, and the falling upon some unknown island. We thus see how partial and fragmentary even a true prophetic foresight may be. Besides these three points Paul was entirely uninformed. Little did this company now sorrow for the ship if only dear life is spared.

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Life for any mans life, A.V.; but only for but, A.V., I exhort you to be of good cheer. Mr. Hobart remarks that this "has all the look of a doctor"s expression, parainein being the term for a physician giving his advice," and "euqumov eujqumein, and euqumwv being used in medical language in reference to the sick keeping up their spirits, as opposed to ajqumia and dusqumuia" (see ver. 25, note). Loss; ajpobolh, only here Rom_11:15; but found in Plato, Aristotle, Josephus, Plutarch, etc. Mark how the message of mercy and love follows the chastisement and its fruit of self-humiliation. In their prosperity and self-confidence they rejected Paul"s word at Fair Havens; they listen to it at death"s door.

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See notes on verse 21

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22. καὶ τὰ νῦν, and now, i.e. though my advice was rejected before I offer it again.

ἀποβολὴ γὰρ ψυχῆς οὐδεμία ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν, πλὴν τοῦ πλοίου, for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. The Apostle now speaks in the confidence of a revelation. Before (Act 27:10) he had reasoned from the probabilities of the case.

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22.] The neglect of precision in ἀποβολὴ ψυχῆς οὐδεμία … πλὴν τοῦ πλοίου is common enough. So Rev 21:27, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ … πᾶν κοινὸν κ. ποιῶν βδέλυγμα … εἰ μὴ οἱ γεγραμμένοι ἐν τῷ β. τ. ζωῆς. See Winer, edn. 6, § 67. 1. e.

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