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;
But when the fourteenth night - that is, from the time when they left Fair Havens,
Was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria - or, 'were drifting about in Adria.' By this term is not meant here the modern Adriatic (which has been one great source of the mistake in regard to the island on which the wrecked party were thrown), but that sea which lies between Greece, Italy, and Africa.
About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country, [prosagein (G4317 ) tina (G5100) autois ( G846 ) chooran (G5561 )] - 'that some land was nearing them;' no doubt, from the special sound of the breakers, as on a rocky coast. What a graphic character does this nautical language give to the narrative!