Discovery BoxActs 27:9 
Context27:9 Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous 1 because the fast 2 was already over, 3 Paul advised them, 4
Acts 14:3
Context14:3 So they stayed there 5 for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified 6 to the message 7 of his grace, granting miraculous signs 8 and wonders to be performed through their hands.
1 tn Or “unsafe” (BDAG 383 s.v. ἐπισφαλής). The term is a NT hapax legomenon.
2 sn The fast refers to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It was now into October and the dangerous winter winds would soon occur (Suetonius, Life of Claudius 18; Josephus, J. W. 1.14.2-3 [1.279-281]).
3 tn The accusative articular infinitive παρεληλυθέναι (parelhluqenai) after the preposition διά (dia) is causal. BDAG 776 s.v. παρέρχομαι 2 has “διὰ τὸ τὴν νηστείαν ἤδη παρεληλυθέναι because the fast was already over Ac 27:9.”
4 tn Grk “Paul advised, saying to them.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated. On the term translated “advised,” see BDAG 764 s.v. παραινέω, which usually refers to recommendations.
sn Paul advised them. A literary theme surfaces here: Though Paul is under arrest, he will be the one to guide them all through the dangers of the storm and shipwreck, showing clearly God’s presence and protection of him. The story is told in great detail. This literary effect of slowing down the passage of time and narrating with many details serves to add a sense of drama to the events described.
5 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
6 sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.
7 tn Grk “word.”
8 tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.
