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Act_27:10-11. Θεωρῶ ] when I view the tumult of the sea.
ὅτι … μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ] A mixing of two constructions, of which the former is neglected as the speech flows onward. See Heind. ad Plat. Phaed. p. 63 C; Winer, p. 318 [E. T. 426]; Raphel, Polyb. in loc. Comp. on Act_19:27, Act_23:23 f.
μετὰ ὕβρεως ] with presumption. Paul warns them that the continuance of the voyage will not take place without temerity. Accordingly μετὰ ὕβρ . contains the subjective, and ( μετὰ ) πολλῆς ζημίας οὐ μόνον κ . τ . λ . the objective, detriment with which the voyage would be attended. The expositors (Ewald, however, takes the correct view) understand μετὰ ὕβρ . of the injuria or saevitia tempestatis. But as the definition tempestatis has no place in the text, the view remains a very arbitrary one, and has no corresponding precedent even in poets (comp. Pind. Pyth. i. 73: ναυσίστονον ὕβριν ἰδών , Anthol. iii. 22. 58: δείσασα θαλάττης ὕβριν ). The whole utterance is, moreover, the natural expression of just fear, in which case Paul could say ἡμῶν without mistrusting the communication which he received in Act_23:11; for by πολλῆς the ζημία τῶν ψυχῶν is affirmed, not of all, but only of a great portion of the persons on board. He only received at a later period the higher revelation, by which this fear was removed from him, see Act_27:23-24. He speaks here in a way inclusive of others ( ἡμῶν ), on account of their joint interest in the situation. A special “entering into the fellowship of the Gentiles” (Baumgarten) is as little indicated as is the assumption that he did not preach out of grief over the Jews. The present time and situation were not at all suitable for preaching.
ἐπείθετο μᾶλλον ] τοῖς ἐμπείρως ἔχουσι μᾶλλον πρὸς τὸ πλεῖν , ἢ ἐπιβάτῃ ἀπείρῳ ναυτικῆς , Oecumenius. So the opposite view of the steersman and the captain of the ship ( ναύκληρος ) prevailed with the centurion. By reason of the inconvenience of the haven for wintering, the majority of those on board came to the resolution, etc., Act_27:12.