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Acts 27:9-11
1599 Geneva Bible
Acts 27:9-11
1599 Geneva Bible
9 [a]So when much time was spent, and sailing was now jeopardous, because also the [b]Fast was now passed, Paul exhorted them,
10 And said unto them, Sirs, I see that this voyage will be with hurt, and much damage, not of the lading and ship only, but also of our lives.
11 [c]Nevertheless the Centurion believed rather the governor and the master of the ship, than those things which were spoken of Paul.
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- Acts 27:9 God’s providence taketh not away the causes which God useth as means, but rather ordereth and disposeth their right use even then when he openeth an extraordinary issue.
- Acts 27:9 This is meant of the Jews’ fast, which they keep in the feast of expiation, as we read Lev. 23:27, which fell in the seventh month which we call October, and is not good for navigation, or sailing.
- Acts 27:11 Men cast themselves willingly into an infinite sort of dangers, when they choose to follow their own wisdom, rather than God speaking by the mouth of his servants.
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