The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 287

1oosing I.J11'11Cll. tl,cy, A.V.; along Crete, dose the eubetl\ntive rv,prI,s, Tvlf>owos, is common in ~l,ore for do8e by Orete, A.V. Blew for a "furious etonn" or "whirlwind." 11oftly; ~~,,., •• {,,,.a,,.,.os, only here in the New Euraquilo. Oompounded-fter the analogy Testament, end not found elsewhere. Sup- of .Euronotua, the south-east wind-of Eurus, posing that they had obtained their purpose. the east wind, and Aquila, the north wind, A south wind would be quite favourab"41 for both Latin worda Oike Oorua, in vcr. 12), sniling east or east by north, from Fair Havens though Eurus is also Greok. This reading to Phrenix.. They not unreasonably, there- of the R.T. is supported by the Vulgate, fore, thought they could effect their purpose and by "Lachmann, Dorncmonn, Ewald, of "·intering at PhreniL And so they at J. Smith, Hackett, Bentley, Olshaueen, after once weighed anohor ; /ip....,.u, without on Erasmus, Grotius, Mill, Dengel, and others" objective 0888 following," having lifted up," (Meyer), e.nd by Wordsworth, Alford, Lid- unde!"llto.nd ,-,u C.')'Kupu,as in Julius Pollux, dell and Soott, Farrar. On the other hand, quoted b~- Smith. It waa the nautical Meyer, Tischendorf, Dean Howson, and phrase. Sailed along (..-ap,~t-yov,-o) ; see others support the reading of the T.R. ver. S, note. Close in &bore (da-a-ov, compara• EuporcJ..olir.,v, and Lewin is doubtful. The tive of ll;x,, nearer, meaning "very near"). derivation of Euroclydon would be from For the earlier part of their voyage they Efipos, and KAulir.,v, a wave. Whatever its would be obliged to keep very near tile name was, it must hove l.den e. north-eaeter. shore, to enable them to weather Oape Ps. evii. 25 naturally arises to one's re- Mata.le., which lav a little to the south of membrance, with its fine desoription of a west from Fair Havens. Some take la-a-ov storm at sea. as the name of a town on the coast, but the Ver. 15.-Face the wind for bear up into grammar of the sentence makes this im- the wind, A. V. ; gave way to it, and were possible. driven for let her drive, A. V. Was oaught; Ver. 14.-.A/ler no lmtg time for Mt 1.ong <TlJvap..-=Bl.,,,.or, only here in this sense of aft,er, A.V.; beat down from for arose being caught and carried awe.y by the gale, agaimt, A.V.; which. is called Euraquilo but used in three other places by St. Luke for called Eurodydon, A. V. and T.R. There (and only by him), viz. Luke viii. 29; oh. beat down from it (lfJaJ..• Ka.,-' a~rijs). The vi. 12; xix. 29. It is found more than once meaning of this somewhat difficult phrase in the LXX., e.nd is common in classical clearly is that given by Alford and Howson, Greek. Sophocles Ul!0S it of a storm which and, on second thoughts, by Smith, viz. that carries everything away, n&,,.,.a fuvap..-da-as, a violent squall from the north-e.ast beat down 86.M' /i..-,.,s (' Elect.,' 1150). Faoe; avT· the heights and through the velleys of the o,pBa.>,.µ.,w, only here in the New Testament; island, becoming more violent when they he.d but in Polybius and elsewhere it is said of passed Cape Ma.to.la., and compelled them looking any one in the face with defiance. to e.lter their 0011rBe, and run south-west And so Wisd. xii. 14; Ecclua. xix. 5 (Oom- before the wind towards the island of plut. Edit.), livTo,P8a.>..µ.&v 711/ovii,s, "resist- Clauda; .~.,, in e. neut.er sense, "struck," eth pleasures," A.V. Oompare the phrase, or "beat," or "fell," e.s in Homer (see "looked one another in the face" (2 Kings Liddell and Scott). Kar' u1rrijs. Farrar xiv. 8, 11, t:,,p871a-av ..-poa-,l,..-01s). Hence thinks it " certain" that the right render- here it meaus simply ''resist," or "stand ing is "ago.inst her," viz. the ship, because against," or, as well rendered in the R.V., (fJaJ..,., could not be used with nothing to "face." Gave way to it, etc.; l..-,li&vru follow it," i.e. he thinks you must say i,p,p&µ.eBa, a rather obscure phrase, but best t{Ja.J..,v Kara. something. But as ..-AD,011 is the explained "giving her" (the ship) to the word u..oed for the ship, not 11aiis, it seems very wind, " we were carried " rapidly before it. difficult to suppose that Luke could say au-rijs, 'E..-,li/li,.,,,., is to give, to gi'l"e up, to give into and not ai,.,.oii. It is better, therefore, to any one's hand (Luke iv. 17,; oh. xv. 30). refer cwr,js to Kpii,-.,,, and either to under- i1ri1i&vus is opposed to anot/»Ja.>..µ.eiv, giving l!tand it " down it," like Kar' O/,>,..{,,,_..-oio up to, abandoning her to, as opposed to Ka.p-f,v,,,v, "down the heights of Olympus;" resisting. 'E,p,p&µ,Ba., we were hurried a.long Ka.ra. ..-,.,.,,.,,,,"down the rock," etc., or simply before the wind, without will or choice of •• against it," as in the A. V., which obviates our own (as ver. 17). Oommon in Homer Dr. Farrar's objection. If taken in the and other classical writers, for being borne sense of "down," there is the ea.me idea of along by wind, or waves, or storm, eto. a squall "rushing down" from the hills (For the application of ,pepuJLCl• in the middle into the le.ke, in Luke viii 23 ; and age.in voice to e. wind, see oh. ii. 2.) in ver. 33 of the same chapter St. Luke Ver. 16.-Under the lee of for under, tells us how the swine rUlihed 1«1.ra; -roii I A. V.; small for certain, A.V. (v~n-rnv); Kp11µ.,,oii, "down the steep," into the lake. called Oauda for which. is called Olauda, A tempestuo1111 wind; r.11,µ.us ,,,.,~,,.,,&,, only ,4..V. o.nd T.R; were able, with. differ-ulty, hel"e:, and not found in Greek writers; but t,, BeCUre for had mucl1 work to come lnJ, A.V. OR, XXVII, 1-44,] THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 295