Acts 27:14 meaning and explanation
But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
Acts 27:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Luke, the narrator, is aboard the ship carrying Paul to Rome as a prisoner, and he describes the moment the voyage turns from cautious hope into disaster. The gentle south wind that seemed to promise safe passage along Crete gives way to a violent storm wind that the sailors called the Northeaster, a name that likely came from the Greek word for the northeast wind.
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