the fourteenth. Acts 27:18-20 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship... Adria. Adria strictly speaking, was the name of the Adriatic gulf, now the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Mediterranean, about 400 miles long and 140 broad, stretching along the eastern shores of Italy on one side, and Dalmatia, Sclavonia, and Macedonia on the other. But the term Adria was extended far beyond the limits of this gulf, and appears to have been given to an indeterminate extent of sea, as we say, generally, the Levant. It is observable, that the sacred historian does not say 'in the Adriatic gulf, ' but 'in Adria, ' (that is, the Adriatic sea, [Adrias <99>] being understood;) which, says Hesychius, was the same as the Ionian sea; and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf 'is a part of that now called the Adriatic.' But not only the Ionian, but even the Sicilian sea, and part of that which washes Crete, were called the Adriatic. Thus the scholiast on Dionysius Periegetis says, 'they call this Sicilian sea Adria.' And Ptolemy says that Sicily was bounded on the east by the Adriatic, [hupo Adrias <99>, ] and that Crete was bounded on the west by the Adriatic sea, [hupo tou Adriatikos pelagos.] the shipmen. Acts 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea... 1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call on your God, if so be that God will think on us... Revelation 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors...  |
Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and in the middle of the night the sailors thought they were approaching land.New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that they were approaching some land. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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; International Standard Version (©2012)
It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near. King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the sailors deemed that they drew near to some country; American King James Version
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; American Standard Version
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the'sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country: Douay-Rheims Bible
But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country. Darby Bible Translation
And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them, English Revised Version
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country; Webster's Bible Translation
When the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen suspected that they drew near to some country: Weymouth New Testament
It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Sea of Adria, when, about midnight, the sailors suspected that land was close at hand. World English Bible
But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land. Young's Literal Translation
And when the fourteenth night came -- we being borne up and down in the Adria -- toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;
Acts 27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
Acts 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
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When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and in the middle of the night the sailors thought they were approaching land. —HCSB
But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors [began] to surmise that they were approaching some land. —NASB
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; —KJV
Across Adria A'dria Adriatic Approaching Borne Close Deemed Drawing Drew Drifting Driven Forth Fourteenth Fro Getting Idea Middle Midnight Neared Nearing Nigh Sailors Sensed Shipmen Supposed Supposing Surmise Surmised Suspected Towards
Borne Close Country Deemed Drawing Drew Drifting Driven Forth Fourteenth Fro Getting Hand Idea Middle Midnight Neared Nearing Nigh Night Sailors Sea Shipmen Supposed Towards
Borne Close Country Deemed Drawing Drew Drifting Driven Forth Fourteenth Fro Getting Hand Idea Middle Midnight Neared Nearing Nigh Night Sailors Sea Shipmen Supposed Towards
Acts Chapter 27 Verse 27Alphabetical: about across Adriatic approaching as began being But came driven fourteenth in land midnight night On sailors Sea sensed some still surmise that the they to we were when
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