Text -- Acts 27:14 (NET)

27:14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 27:14

¹ tn Grk “a wind like a typhoon.” That is, a very violent wind like a typhoon or hurricane (BDAG 1021 s.v. τυφωνικός).

² sn Or called Euraquilo (the actual name of the wind, a sailor’s term which was a combination of Greek and Latin). According to Strabo (Geography 1.2.21), this was a violent northern wind.

³ tn Grk “from it”; the referent (the island) has been specified in the translation for clarity.