Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 27]
south wind having blown gently," in marked contrast to the
violent northwest wind that they had faced so long. They were so
sure of the wisdom of their decision that they did not even draw
up the small boat attached by a rope to the vessel's stern (verse
16). It was only some forty miles to Lutro. {Their purpose}
(\t•s prothese•s\, set before them, from \protith•mi\), genitive
after \krate•\ (\kekrat•kenai\, perfect active infinitive in
indirect discourse). {They weighed anchor} (\•rantes\). First
aorist active participle of \air•\, old verb used in technical
sense with \tas agkuras\ (anchors) understood as in Thucydides I.
52; II. 23, "having lifted the anchors." Page takes it simply as
"moving." {Sailed along Crete} (\parelegonto t•n Kr•t•n\).
Imperfect middle. See verse 8, "were coasting along Crete."
{Close in shore} (\•sson\). Comparative adverb of \agki\, near,
and so "nearer" to shore. Only here in N.T.
27:14 {After no long time} (\met' ou polu\). Litotes again. {Beat
down from it} (\ebalen kat' aut•s\). Second aorist active
indicative of \ball•\, to throw. Here "dashed" (intransitive).
\Aut•s\ is in the ablative, not genitive case, beat "down from
it" (Crete), not "against it or on it." (Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
606). \Aut•s\ cannot refer to \ploion\ (boat) which is neuter. So
the ablative case with \kata\ as in Mr 5:13, Homer also. The
Cretan mountains are over 7,000 feet high. {A tempestuous wind
which is called Euraquilo} (\anemos tuph•nikos ho kaloumenos
Eurakul•n\). \Tuph•n=Tuph•s\ was used for the typhoon, a violent
whirlwind (\turbo\) or squall. This word gives the character of
the wind. The \Eurakul•n\ (reading of Aleph A B against the
Textus Receptus \Euroklud•n\) has not been found elsewhere. Blass
calls it a hybrid word compounded of the Greek \euros\ (east
wind) and the Latin \aquilo\ (northeast). It is made like
\euronotos\ (southeast). The Vulgate has _euroaquilo_. It is thus
the east north east wind. Page considers Euroclydon to be a
corruption of Euraquilo. Here the name gives the direction of the
wind.
27:15 {When the ship was caught} (\sunarpasthentos tou ploiou\).
Genitive absolute again with first aorist passive of \sunarpaz•\,
old word, in N.T. only Lu 8:29; Ac 6:12; 19:29, and here.
Graphic picture as if the ship was seized by a great monster.
{Face the wind} (\antophthalmein t•i anem•i\). Dative case with
the vivid infinitive of \antophthalme•\ from \antophthalmos\,
looking in the eye, or eye to eye (\anti\, facing and
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