Act 27:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. we should sail, &c.-- The "we" here reintroduces the historian as one of the company. Not that he had left the apostle from the time when he last included himself ( ), but the apostle was parted from him by his arrest and imprisonment, until now, when they met in the ship. delivered Paul and certain other prisoners-- State prisoners going to be tried at Rome; of which several instances are on record. Julius-- who treats the apostle throughout with such marked courtesy ( , ; ), that it has been thought [Bengel] he was present when Paul made his defense before Agrippa (see ), and was impressed with his lofty bearing. a centurion of Augustus' band-- the Augustan cohort, an honorary title given to more than one legion of the Roman army, implying, perhaps, that they acted as a bodyguard to the emperor or procurator, as occasion required.

‏ Acts 27:1

CHAPTER 27 Ac 27:1-44. The Voyage to Italy--The Shipwreck and Safe Landing at Malta.

1. we should sail, &c.--The "we" here reintroduces the historian as one of the company. Not that he had left the apostle from the time when he last included himself (Ac 21:18), but the apostle was parted from him by his arrest and imprisonment, until now, when they met in the ship.

delivered Paul and certain other prisoners--State prisoners going to be tried at Rome; of which several instances are on record.

Julius--who treats the apostle throughout with such marked courtesy (Ac 27:3, 43; Ac 28:16), that it has been thought [Bengel] he was present when Paul made his defense before Agrippa (see Ac 25:23), and was impressed with his lofty bearing.

a centurion of Augustus' band--the Augustan cohort, an honorary title given to more than one legion of the Roman army, implying, perhaps, that they acted as a bodyguard to the emperor or procurator, as occasion required.