Acts 27:14

"But before very long" Suddenly things changed. "Rushed down from the land" This wind rushed down from the Cretan mountains. "A violent wind" Literally typhonic, which means. wind of hurricane force. "Called" This is what the sailors called such. violent wind. "Euraquilo" "The sailors recognized this wind as an old enemy and had. name for it" (Bruce p. 509). Actually, the term is. combination of two words, Eura means "east wind" and aquilo means "north wind", or as an accurate nautical term, 'north-one-third-east-wind".