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ACTS CHAPTER 27
Act_27:1-8 Paul is conducted in a ship toward Rome.
Act_27:9-11 He foretells the danger of the voyage, but is not credited.
Act_27:12-20 The ship setting sail against his advice is tossed
with a tempest.
Act_27:21-44 Paul comforteth his fellow travellers with assurance
of having their lives saved, but foretelleth a
shipwreck; all which is verified by the event.
It was determined; upon the solemn hearing of Paul’s case, it was resolved by Festus and Agrippa, with the rest that were taken by Festus to advise concerning it.
Julius; thought to have been a freed-man of the family of Julius, who thence took his name.
A centurion of Augustus’ band; as Cornelius was a centurion of the Italian band: see Act_10:1. This band, or regiment, was called Augustus’s (or the emperor’s) because (as some will) it was part of his guard.