Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Acts 27:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
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Quick Meaning
Begins the we-voyage with Paul and other prisoners entrusted to Julius.
Read It With
- Acts 27:1–27:8
Read Acts 27:1 with 27:1–27:8. In isolation, this contribution—begins the we-voyage with Paul and other prisoners entrusted to Julius—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Paul and other prisoners are entrusted to Julius, companions sail with them, the centurion treats Paul courteously, and adverse winds force a slow coastal route to Fair Havens.
Follow the Context
- Paul and other prisoners are entrusted to Julius, companions sail with them, the centurion treats Paul courteously, and adverse winds force a slow coastal route to Fair Havens.
- The unit distinguishes narrated event, participant speech, the narrator's framing, material uncertainty, and the ethical boundary: The voyage does not romanticize detention, make a humane officer vindicate empire, or turn weather detail into exact modern route certainty.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—begins the we-voyage with Paul and other prisoners entrusted to Julius—from Acts 27:1–27:8 or negate the unit's explicit boundary: The voyage does not romanticize detention, make a humane officer vindicate empire, or turn weather detail into exact modern route certainty.
What Remains True
Acts 27:1's particular contribution—begins the we-voyage with Paul and other prisoners entrusted to Julius—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 27:1–27:8.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 27:1's particular contribution—begins the we-voyage with Paul and other prisoners entrusted to Julius—through this passage-controlled response: Respect practical seamanship, custody realities, weather, and human limits while accompanying people through difficult travel.
Teach It Back
Explain Acts 27:1's precise role in Acts 27:1–27:8. Distinguish narrator and speaker, include the first Jewish, Gentile, household, disabled, enslaved, imprisoned, or Roman horizon as relevant, disclose the material uncertainty, and name one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 27:1–27:8 — Paul sails under guard through difficult windsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The first-person itinerary and nautical detail support source and eyewitness debates without conclusively identifying authorship; prisoners remain under imperial custody despite courtesy.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 27:1–27:8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 27:1-27:8
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 27:1-27:8
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 27:1–27:8
Open source ↗open university bible study course
Acts of the Apostles Course and Study Guides
Yale Divinity School faculty
Yale Bible Study, 2019
Supports: Introductory critical orientation to the unit's place in Luke-Acts, with contested judgments retained as interpretations.
Exact location: Yale Bible Study Acts course, course unit 'The Gospel, the Romans, the Jews,' Acts 24-28 study guide
Open source ↗open confessional commentary
The Acts of the Apostles
Alan J. Thompson
The Gospel Coalition, 2023
Supports: One complete confessional commentary reading, independently checked against the text and critical controls.
Exact location: Thompson, online Acts commentary, heading and paragraphs explicitly covering Acts 27:1–27:8
Open source ↗peer reviewed open access scholarly article
The Provincial Contexts of Paul's Imprisonments: Law Enforcement and Criminal Procedure in the Roman East
Cedric Brelaz
Journal for the Study of the New Testament 43.4, 2021
Supports: Roman law-enforcement comparison with explicit local variation and limits on reconstructing procedure.
Exact location: Brelaz, JSNT 43.4 (2021), complete open HTML, section 1 and the named provincial, custody, citizenship, hearing, or conclusion paragraphs bearing on Acts 27:1–27:8
Open source ↗