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Butδέweἡμᾶςmustδεῖrun agroundἐκπεσεῖνonεἰςsomeτιναisland.”νῆσον
Acts 27:26
Study it in the app“But we must run aground on some island.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 27:26, word by word
- mustδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- run agroundἐκπεσεῖνekpesein
run aground
For a ship to strike the shore.
Where else “ekpesein” appears- islandνῆσονnēson
island
Island.
Where else “nēson” appears
The context
25So take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be so, just as it has been told to me.
26 · This verse (above)
27And when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across in the Adriatic, about the middle of the night the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them.
To study Acts 27 in a group
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?