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Selected Verse: Acts 27:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 27:27 |
Strong Concordance |
But [1161] when [5613] the fourteenth [5065] night [3571] was come [1096], as we [2257] were driven up and down [1308] in [1722] Adria [99], about [2596] midnight [3319] [3571] the shipmen [3492] deemed [5282] that they [846] drew near [4317] to some [5100] country [5561]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
when the fourteenth night was come--from the time they left Fair Havens.
as we were driven--drifting
up and down in Adria--the Adriatic, that sea which lies between Greece and Italy.
about midnight the shipmen deemed--no doubt from the peculiar sound of the breakers.
that they drew near some country--"that some land was approaching them." This nautical language gives a graphic character to the narrative. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The fourteenth night - From the time when the tempest commenced.
In Adria - In the Adriatic Sea. This sea is situated between Italy and Dalmatia, now called the Adriatic Gulf. But among the ancients the name was given not only to that gulf, but to the whole sea lying between Greece, Italy, and Africa, including the Sicilian and Ionian Sea. It is evident from the narrative that they were not in the Adriatic Gulf, but in the vicinity of Malta.
Deemed - Judged. Probably by the appearance of the sea. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Adria
The Adriatic Sea: embracing all that part of the Mediterranean lying south of Italy, east of Sicily, and west of Greece.
Deemed (ὑπενόουν)
Better, as Rev., suspected or surmised.
That they drew near to some country
Lit., that some land is drawing near to them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The fourteenth night - Since they left Crete, Act 27:18-19. In the Adriatic sea - So the ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean, which lay south of Italy. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Driven up and down in Adria - See the note on Act 27:17.
Deemed that they drew near to some country - They judged so, either by the smell of land, which those used to the sea can perceive at a considerable distance, or by the agitation of the sea, rippling of the tide, flight of sea-birds, etc. |
18 And [1161] we [2257] being exceedingly [4971] tossed with a tempest [5492], the next [1836] day they lightened the ship [1546] [4160];
19 And [2532] the third [5154] day we cast out [4496] with our own hands [849] the tackling [4631] of the ship [4143].
17 Which [3739] when they had taken up [142], they used [5530] helps [996], undergirding [5269] the ship [4143]; and [5037], fearing [5399] lest [3361] they should fall [1601] into [1519] the quicksands [4950], strake [5465] sail [4632], and so [3779] were driven [5342].