Study it in the app“And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Cohort.”
AndδὲwhenὩςit was decidedἐκρίθηthatτοῦweἡμᾶςshould sailἀποπλεῖνtoεἰςItaly,τὴν Ἰταλίανthey handed overπαρεδίδουνPaulτόν Παῦλονandτε καίsomeτιναςotherἑτέρουςprisonersδεσμώταςto a centurionἑκατοντάρχῃnamedὀνόματιJulius,Ἰουλίῳof the AugustanΣεβαστῆςCohort.σπείρης
decide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “ekrithē” appearssail away
Sail away, set sail.
Where else “apoplein” appearsItaly
Italy, the peninsula whose capital was Rome.
Where else “Italian” appearshand over
To put something or someone into another's hands.
Where else “paredidoun” appearsPaul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heterous” appearsprisoner
Prisoner: one in chains or in prison.
Where else “desmōtas” appearscenturion
Centurion: a Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.
Where else “hekatontarchēi” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appearsJulius
Julius, a Roman centurion of the Augustan cohort who took Paul to Rome.
Where else “Iouliōi” appearsAugustus, imperial
"Revered", Augustus: a title of the Roman emperor; also "imperial", as of a cohort.
Where else “Sebastēs” appearscohort
Cohort, a body of about six hundred soldiers.
Where else “speirēs” appearsA unit of the army that bore the emperor’s name as a title of honor.
1 · This verse (above)
2And embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, being with us.
1. What it says
What does Paul tell the men on the ship as the storm drags on, and why? (vv. 21-26)
2. What it means
When the sailors want to escape in the boat, why does Paul say they must stay on the ship? (vv. 30-32)
3. How I live it
In the storm, Paul urged everyone to eat and not lose hope (vv. 33-36). How do you stay calm and look after others in a crisis?
