Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 27]
not cut straight across from Sidon to Patara with Cyprus on the
right. They must run behind Cyprus and hug the shore of Cilicia
and Pamphylia.
27:5 {When we had sailed across} (\diapleusantes\). First aorist
active participle of \diaple•\ (another compound of \ple•\). {The
sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia} (\to pelagos to kata t•n
Kilikian kai Pamphulian\). \Pelagos\ is properly the high sea as
here. In Mt 18:6 (which see) Jesus uses it of "the depth of the
sea." Only these examples in the N.T. The current runs westward
along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia and the land would
protect from the wind. {We came to Myra of Lycia} (\kat•lthamen
eis Murra t•s Lukias\). Literally, "We came down." This town was
two and a half miles from the coast of Lycia. The port Andriace
had a fine harbour and did a large grain business. No disciples
are mentioned here nor at Lasea, Melita, Syracuse, Rhegium.
27:6 {Sailing for Italy} (\pleon eis t•n Italian\). This was the
opportunity for which Lysias had been looking. So he put
(\enebibasen\, first aorist active of \embibaz•\, to cause to
enter. Cf. \epibantes\ in verse 2) prisoners and soldiers on
board. This was a ship of Alexandria bound for Rome, a grain ship
(38) out of its course because of the wind. Such grain ships
usually carried passengers.
27:7 {When we had sailed slowly} (\braduploountes\). Present
active participle of \braduploe•\ (\bradus\, slow, \plous\,
voyage). Literally, "sailing slowly," not "having or had sailed
slowly." Only here and in Artemidorus (sec. cent. A.D.). It may
mean "tacking" before the wind. Polybius uses \tachuploe•\, to
sail swiftly. {Many days} (\en hikanais h•merais\). See on ¯Lu
7:6 for \hikanos\. Literally, "in considerable days." {With
difficulty} (\molis\). Used in old Greek, like \mogis\ (Lu
9:39) from \molos\, toil (see Ac 14:18). {Over against Cnidus}
(\kata t•n Knidon\). "Down along Cnidus." A hundred and thirty
miles from Myra, the southwest point of Asia Minor and the
western coast. Here the protection of the land from the northwest
wind ceased. {The wind not further suffering us} (\m• prose•ntos
h•m•s tou anemou\). Genitive absolute with present active
participle of \prosea•\, one of the few words still "not found
elsewhere" (Thayer). Regular negative \m•\ with participles. They
could not go on west as they had been doing since leaving Myra.
{We sailed under the lee of Crete} (\hupepleusamen t•n Kr•t•n\).
See under verse ¯4. Instead of going to the right of Crete as
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