Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:27 - 27:27

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:27 - 27:27


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27. τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νύξ, the fourteenth night, i.e. from the time when they set sail from Fair Havens. Since that time they had been constantly driven to and fro.

ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ, in the sea of Adria. That part of the Mediterranean which lies between Greece, Italy and Africa is so called. The name embraced a much wider extent of sea than the present Gulf of Venice, which is called ‘the Adriatic’ Cf. Strabo, II. 123. See also Josephi Vita 3, for an account of a voyage made in the same sea about the same period.

ὑπενόουν οἱ ναῦται, the shipmen surmised. Their knowledge of the sea would enable them to form an opinion from things which others would hardly notice. It may be they observed some alteration in the currents, or a different character or sound of the waves, dashed against the land as they would be, if land were near.