Acts 27:40 (WEB)
Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“The Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but knowest not whence He cometh or whither He goeth, so is every one who is born of the Spirit.”” — editor's note: It has been thought well in translating this verse to keep the words “spirit” and “breath” as suiting the argument of St. Ambrose. But there can be little…
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And she bears in her midst also the trophy (which is erected) over death; for she carries with her the cross of the Lord.” — editor's note: Wordsworth, reading ὡς ἱστὸν for ὡς τὸν, would add, like a mast. See his Commentary on Acts xxvii. 40.
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