Acts 27:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 27:20

18 And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.

19 On the third day ^awe threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.

20 Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.

21 But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.

22 And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

23 ^aFor there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and ^bwhom I serve,

24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

25 Therefore take heart, men, ^afor I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.

26 However, ^awe must run aground on a certain island.”

27 Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land.

Verse Comparison: Acts 27:20

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American Standard Version
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon `us' for many days, and no small tempest lay on `us,' all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

Amplified® Bible
And when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small tempest kept raging about us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned.

Contemporary English Version
For several days we could not see either the sun or the stars. A strong wind kept blowing, and we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

Darby English Version
And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

Good News Bible
For many days we could not see the sun or the stars, and the wind kept on blowing very hard. We finally gave up all hope of being saved.

International Standard Version
For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.

King James Version
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

New American Standard Bible
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing {us,} from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

New International Version
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

New King James Version
Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us , all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm assailed us, from then on all hope of our someone saving us gradually dwindled.

Young's Literal Translation
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

New English Translation
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent¹ storm continued to batter us,² we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.³

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