Apostelgeschichte 27:1

1 Da es aber beschlossen war, daß wir nach Italien schiffen sollten, übergaben sie Paulus und etliche andere Gefangene dem Unterhauptmann mit Namen Julius, von der "kaiserlichen" Schar.

Apostelgeschichte 27:1 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:1

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
&c.] The chief city of which was Rome, the metropolis of the empire, where Caesar had his palace, to whom the apostle had appealed; and his voyage thither was determined by Festus, with the advice of Agrippa and his council, pursuant to the apostle's appeal, and which was founded on the will of God; all which concurred in this affair: it was the decree and will of God that the apostle should go to Rome, which was made known to him; and it was his resolution upon that, to go thither, wherefore he appealed to Caesar; and it was the determination of the Roman governor, not only as to his going there, but as to the time of it, which was now fixed: the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read "he", instead of "we"; and the Ethiopic version reads expressly "Paul"; but the Greek copies read we: by whom are meant the apostle, and his companions; as Luke the writer of this history, and Aristarchus the Macedonian mentioned in the next verse, and Trophimus the Ephesian, who was afterwards left at Miletus sick, ( 2 Timothy 4:20 ) and who else cannot be said; these were to sail with him to Italy, not as prisoners, but as companions: this resolution being taken,

they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners;
who very likely had also appealed to Caesar, or at least the governor thought fit to send them to Rome, to have their cases heard and determined there; and these by the order of Festus were delivered by the centurions, or jailers, in whose custody they had been,

unto one called Julius;
in the Alexandrian copy of the third verse, he is called Julianus; he was either one of the Julian family, or rather was one that had been made free by some of that family, and so took the name:

a centurion of Augustus' band;
of a Roman band of soldiers, which belonged to that legion which was called "Augusta"; for it seems there was a legion that bore that name, as Lipsius observes, and it may be from Augustus Caesar.

Apostelgeschichte 27:1 In-Context

1 Da es aber beschlossen war, daß wir nach Italien schiffen sollten, übergaben sie Paulus und etliche andere Gefangene dem Unterhauptmann mit Namen Julius, von der "kaiserlichen" Schar.

2 Da wir aber in ein adramyttisches Schiff traten, daß wir an Asien hin schiffen sollten, fuhren wir vom Lande; und mit uns war Aristarchus aus Mazedonien, von Thessalonich.

3 Und des andern Tages kamen wir an zu Sidon; und Julius hielt sich freundlich gegen Paulus, erlaubte ihm, zu seinen guten Freunden zu gehen und sich zu pflegen.

4 Und von da stießen wir ab und schifften unter Zypern hin, darum daß uns die Winde entgegen waren,

5 und schifften durch das Meer bei Zilizien und Pamphylien und kamen gen Myra in Lyzien.