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Acts 27:26

27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

KJV

But we must run aground on a certain island.”

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

However, we must be cast on a certain island.

27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

What does Acts 27:26 mean?

Acts 27:26 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), ἐγώ (hemas), δεῖ (dei).

Greek interlinear

Howbeitδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

weἐγώhemas/hay-mas'/G2248accusative case plural of 1473; us:--our, us, we.

mustδεῖdei/die/G11633d person singular active present of 1210; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):--behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.

be

castἐκπίπτωekpipto/ek-pip'-to/G1601from 1537 and 4098; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient:--be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect.

uponεἰςeis/ice/G1519a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases:--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).

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certainτὶςtis/tis/G5100an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

island.νῆσοςnesos/nay'-sos/G3520probably from the base of 3491; an island:--island, isle.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Acts 27:26 say?

Acts 27:26 (King James Version) reads: "Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island."

Is Acts 27:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 27:26 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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