Acts 27:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

But not long after. Literally But after not much (time).

arose against it. beat down from it (i.e. Crete).

arose. Greek. ballo. App-174. This verb is sometimes used intransitively.

against. down. Greek. kata. App-104.

tempestuous. typhonic. Greek. tuphonikos. Onlyhere.

Euroclydon. The texts (not the Syriac) read Eurakulon, which means north-north-east wind. But if so, it would hardly have been introduced by the words "which is called". It was evidently. hurricane, not uncommon in those waters, and called "Euroclydon" locally and by the sailors.

Acts 27:14

14 But not long after there arosed against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.