Dear Ron, this excerpt is uniquely for your consideration re Syrtis Minor and until such time as I have been able to slim down my files for better loading...

An Excerpt for Ron out of:

The Apostolic Church Council

in Jerusalem

at Hag Ha-Shavout

[the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost]

This meeting took place on

the Seventh Day, Sivan 12, 44 CE [June 27, 44 CE.]

Abstract:

This excerpt web page is created uniquely and personally for Ron and for the specific purpose of bringing light upon the distinction between “the quicksands” or “Syrtis Major” on the one hand, and, on the other hand, “Syrtis Minor” and “Syrtis,” “την³⁵⁸⁸^T-ASF συρτην⁴⁹⁵⁰^N-ASF,” of Acts 27:17.

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Act 27:17 KJV+ Which³⁷³⁹ when they had taken up,¹⁴² they used⁵⁵³⁰ helps,⁹⁹⁶ undergirding⁵²⁶⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ ship;⁴¹⁴³ and,⁵⁰³⁷ fearing⁵³⁹⁹ lest³³⁶¹ they should fall¹⁶⁰¹ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ quicksands,⁴⁹⁵⁰ struck sail,^{5465, 4632} and so³⁷⁷⁹ were driven.⁵³⁴²

Act 27:17 GNT+ ην³⁷³⁹^R-ASF αραντες¹⁴²^V-AAP-NPM βοηθειαις⁹⁹⁶^N-DPF εχρωντο⁵⁵³⁰^V-INI-3P υποζωννυντες⁵²⁶⁹^V-PAP-NPM το³⁵⁸⁸^T-ASN πλοιον⁴¹⁴³^N-ASN φοβουμενοι⁵³⁹⁹^V-PNP-NPM τε⁵⁰³⁷^PRT μη³³⁶¹^PRT-N εις¹⁵¹⁹^PREP την³⁵⁸⁸^T-ASF συρτην⁴⁹⁵⁰^N-ASF εκπεσωσιν¹⁶⁰¹^V-2AAS-3P χαλασαντες⁵⁴⁶⁵^V-AAP-NPM το³⁵⁸⁸^T-ASN σκευος⁴⁶³²^N-ASN ουτως³⁷⁷⁹^ADV εφεροντο⁵³⁴²^V-IPI-3P

Act 27:17 TLT+ Which³⁷³⁹ when they had taken up,¹⁴² they used⁵⁵³⁰ helps,⁹⁹⁶ undergirding⁵²⁶⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ ship;⁴¹⁴³ and,⁵⁰³⁷ fearing⁵³⁹⁹ lest³³⁶¹ they should fall¹⁶⁰¹ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ Syrtis⁴⁹⁵⁰ struck sail,^{5465, 4632} and so³⁷⁷⁹ were driven.⁵³⁴²

Explanatory Note # 1

The word in Textus Receptus is Syrtis (Gr. σύρτις.) Most likely this is a reference to Syrtis Minor and not to Syrtis Major, considering that the captain of the ship most likely knew the direction of the wind and the direction from Clauda towards Sicily, Malta, Syrtis Minor, and Syrtis Major, respectively, but not necessarily the exact speed and location of the ship from moment to moment. Based on what is known about the direction of the ship’s drift, from Clauda to Malta, the direction of the Euroclydon was coming out of true east or slightly towards E.S.E.. Consequently Syrtis Major, located in a southwesterly direction, was not a likely threat, whereas Syrtis Minor, located straight west from Clauda, was very much in the direction of travel and a real threat to the ship and its travelers.

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