ACTS 27:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.”
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. - 'Daylight came' (hote de hēmera egeneto, hote de hēmera egeneto-'when day came'), revealing unknown land. 'They did not recognize the land' (gē ouk epiginōskō, gē ouk epiginōskō-'did not know the land') suggests they have drifted beyond familiar territory. 'A bay with a sandy beach' (kolpos, kolpos; and 'sandy,' ammōdes, ammōdes) represents a possible landing site. 'Run the ship aground if they could' (ekpesein ei dynōmai, ekpesein ei dynōmai-'run aground if they could') shows the deliberate choice to beach the ship rather than let it break on rocks. The prophecy fulfills: grounding on 'some island' means deliverance.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:39
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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