Acts 27:14

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

Ex 14:21-27; Ps 107:25-27; Eze 27:26; Jon 1:3-5; Mt 8:24; Mr 4:37

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.