Acts 27:27 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 ©1995)Acts 27:26 "But we must run aground on a certain island."
Acts 27:28 They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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;the fourteenth. 18-20 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. 30 1Ki 9:27 Jon 1:6 Re 18:17 Concordance Entries 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 Jump to Previous Occurrence 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 Jump to Next Occurrence 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 New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
