Verse 13: Observing the wind blowing softly, the deciders believed this was a sign that their purpose was correct, and set sail. “Their” purpose is often contrary to God’s purpose. The awful decision was soon exposed, or, as Matthew Henry’s commentary puts it, they were soon “made sensible of their folly in giving more credit to a smiling wind than to the word of God in Paul’s mouth…”
Verses 14-15: Euroclydon, ευροκλυδων, a tempestuous wind type that had its own given name. “tempestuous wind” ανεμος τυφωνικος (the latter from which we derive the word typhoon) suggests a cyclonic or circular wind, and the fact “the ship was caught” in it. “we let her drive,” that is, go where the winds drove it. At this point the wind rather than the sailors was in control of the ship. It is well to remember it is the God of the wind who ultimately is in control – of the wind, and the ship, and the people on board.
- Psalm 135:7 …he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Psalm 148:8 …stormy wind fulfilling his word…
- Amos 4:13 …he … createth the wind…
- Jonah 4:8 …God prepared a vehement east wind…
- Nahum 1:3 …the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm…
- Mark 4:39 …he … rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still…
“The winds and the waves shall obey thy will.” (from a hymn by Mary Ann Baker)
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