What Does Acts 27:1 Mean in the King James?
And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Knowing the destination does not mean holding the journey: its opening move is a transfer of custody.
THE MEANING
You can know where a course is headed while your next movement depends on someone else’s authority. Here, the voyage toward Italy begins with Paul and other prisoners placed in Julius’s custody. Direction does not erase constraint.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that a clear destination guarantees control over the journey is undone here: the route is set, but Paul’s movement is under custody.
THE ROOT
παρεδίδουν
paredidoun
GROWS FROM
δίδωμι
didōmi
To give, grant, or place in another’s possession.
“delivered” in this verse is paredidoun. At the hinge of the verse, the verb carries the sense of handing someone over into another person’s custody. Its giving-root makes the transfer concrete: Paul is placed in someone else’s hands as the voyage proceeds.
ALSO GROWS
dosis: Giving; a gift.
δόσις
This branch keeps the basic act of giving in view: Paul is given over to a new custodian.
paradosis: A handing down; a tradition.
παράδοσις
This word names what is passed from one holder to another, illuminating the verse’s transfer of custody.
ἐκρίθη
ekrithē
GROWS FROM
κρίνω
krinō
To distinguish or judge, and thus to decide.
“determined” in this verse is ekrithē. The route is decided before the handoff is narrated. This root carries the sense of discernment and judgment, so the destination is settled even as the people traveling toward it remain in another’s custody.
ALSO GROWS
krisis: Judgment; a decision.
κρίσις
The branch makes visible the act of deciding that sets the voyage’s direction.
kritēs: A judge; one who decides.
κριτής
This branch shows the deciding force behind the chosen course, distinct from the authority that holds the travelers.
THE PATTERN
A handoff can change who holds custody while leaving its purpose and moral weight in view.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?THE THREAD
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!The same Greek verb παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi, hand over) names the transfer in both verses. Luke places a determined course beside the human act of handing someone over, opening the tension between where a path is headed and who holds custody along the way.
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