ACTS 27:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.”
'Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.' - Paul adds a qualification: they 'must run aground' (dei...ekpesein, dei...ekpesein-'it is necessary...to be wrecked upon') 'some island' (tina nēsos, tina nēsos). The promise includes both salvation of persons and loss of the ship. Paul's realism-acknowledging the ship's inevitable destruction-shows his prophecy is rooted in actual events, not fantasy. The island represents divine providence within the disaster.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:26
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo God has given you all them that sail with you. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. Acts 27:22-26 And he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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