Acts 27:20

And neither shemesh (sun) nor kochavim appeared for many yamim and no small tempest assailed us. Lemaskana (finally) all tikvateinu for yeshu'ah was being abandoned.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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.

In Context

19And on the Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.

21And after having much loss of appetite, then Rav Sha'ul stood up in the midst of them, and said, Anashim, you should have obeyed me and not put out to sea from Crete and thereby spared yourselves this hardship and this loss.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:21And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad toward Shomayim, that there may be choshech over Eretz Mitzrayim, even choshech which he can feel.

Psalms 107:25For He commandeth, 1 and raiseth up a ruach sa'arah (stormy wind), 1 which lifteth up the galim (waves) thereof. 1

Jeremiah 2:25Withhold thy regel from being unshod, 1 and thy throat from thirst; 1 but thou saidst, There is no hope: 1 no; for I have loved zarim, 1 and after them will I go. 1

Jonah 1:4But Hashem sent out a ruach gedolah (great wind) into the yam (sea), and there was a sa'ar gadol (mighty tempest) in the yam, so that the oniyah was like to be broken.

Matthew 8:24And hinei! a great storm came up on the lake, so that the sirah (boat) was about to be covered by the waves. But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sleeping.

2 Corinthians 11:25Shloshah pe'amim I was beaten with rods, + 11:25 Ac 16:10 pa'am achat I was stoned, + 11:25 Ac 14:19 shloshah pe'amim I was shipwrecked, spending a lailah and a yom in the open sea;

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:13-21

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was… Read the whole commentary →

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