But after long abstinence - (See on Act 27:33). “The hardships which the crew endured during a gale of such continuance, and their exhaustion from laboring at the pumps and hunger, may be imagined, but are not described” [Smith].
Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, etc. - not meaning to reflect on them for the past, but to claim their confidence for what he was now to say: