Acts 27:27 Meaning and Explanation
“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;”
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Read Full Chapter →On the fourteenth night, drifting across the Adriatic, the sailors sense around midnight that land is near.
What Does Acts 27:27 Mean?
Two weeks into the storm, still driven helplessly across the open sea (the ancient 'Adria,' the central Mediterranean), the sailors at midnight begin to sense that land is approaching — perhaps by the distant sound of breakers. The long drift may at last be nearing its end.
Fourteen nights of darkness and dread, and now the first hint that the ordeal is closing. God's deliverance often arrives by degrees, after the trial has run its full and weary length. The believer who has endured the long night may take heart: the very moment that seems most without end may be the eve of rescue. 'The morning cometh' (Isaiah 21:12), even after the longest night.
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What does Acts 27:27 mean?
On the fourteenth night, drifting across the Adriatic, the sailors sense around midnight that land is near.