Acts 27:14

27:14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force ¹  wind called the northeaster ²  blew down from the island. ³ 

Acts 16:24

16:24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell ⁴  and fastened their feet in the stocks. ⁵ 

[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).

[27:14]  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.

[27:14]  ³ tn Grk “from it”; the referent (the island) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:24]  ⁴ tn Or “prison.”

[16:24]  ⁵ tn L&N 6.21 has “stocks” for εἰς τὸ ξύλον (ei" to xulon) here, as does BDAG 685 s.v. ξύλον 2.b. However, it is also possible (as mentioned in L&N 18.12) that this does not mean “stocks” but a block of wood (a log or wooden column) in the prison to which prisoners’ feet were chained or tied. Such a possibility is suggested by v. 26, where the “bonds” (“chains”?) of the prisoners loosened.