Acts 27:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

driven up and down. Greek. diaphero = to carry hither and thither. Compare 13, 49. Mark 11:16. Then "to differ", as in the other occurances. Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:31; Matthew 12:12.Luke 12:7; Luke 12:24.Romans 2:18; 1 Corinthians 15:41.Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:6; Galatians 4:1.Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:10.

Adria. the Adria. In Paul's day this term included the part of the Mediterranean lying south of Italy, east of Sicily, and west of Greece. Josephus was on board. ship which foundered in the Adriatic Sea and was picked up by. ship of Cyrene, which landed him at Puteoli (Life, 3).

about. Greek. kata. App-104.

shipmen. seamen. Greek. nautes. Only here, Acts 27:30, and Revelation 18:17.

deemed. were supposing. See Acts 13:25.

they drew, &c.. some country was drawing near to them. Greek. prosago. See Acts 16:20.

Acts 27:27

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;