And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
Paul stands forth among them not as a prisoner but as their counselor and comforter, rescuing them first from despair, for a man will starve himself in despair sooner than any storm can drown him. He assures them in God's name that all their lives shall be saved, and this word pulls them back from the grave when human hope is utterly gone.
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Commenting on Acts 27:21-44
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,.... To save their lives, concluding that it was in the utmost danger, and that it would quickly, notwithstanding the anchors cast out, break away, and fall upon the rocks, and split to pieces: when they had let down the boat into the sea; which before they had taken up into the ship, Act...
Verse 29. They cast four anchors. On account of the violence of the storm and waves, to make if possible the ship secure. And wished for the day. To discern more accurately their situation and danger. (l) "wished for the day"