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Where is the "Adriatic Sea" (Acts 27:27)? Two thousand years ago, "Adriatic Sea" referred to the entire body of water east of Italy down to its southern tip. Today, "Adriatic Sea" refers to only the upper 2/3 of that body of water, with the lower 1/3 - between Italy on one side and Greece and southern Albania on the other - being referred to as ...
The Adriatic Sea is a name derived from the old Etruscan city Atria, situated near the mouth of the Po (Livy v0.330.7; Strabo v.214). At first the name Adria was only applied to the most northern part of the sea.
The Adriatic Sea is a name derived from the old Etruscan city Atria, situated near the mouth of the Po (Livy v.33.7; Strabo v.214). At first the name Adria was only applied to the most northern part of the sea.
(Acts 27:27; R.V., "the sea of Adria"), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul's time the whole of the Mediterranean lying between Crete and Sicily. It is the modern Gulf of Venice, the "Mare Superum" of the Romans, as distinguished from the "Mare Inferum" or Tyrrhenian Sea.
Adria. An Italian bishopric, suffragan to Venice, which comprises 55 towns in the Province of Rovigo, and a part of one town in the Province of Padua. Tradition dates the preaching of the Gospel in Adria from the days of St. Apollinaris, who had been consecrated bishop by St. Peter.
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Christians of Achaia helped other Christians in trouble (Romans 15:26, 2Corinthians 9:1-5). Among the first converts of Achaia were Epenetus and the family of Stephanus (Romans 16:5, 1Corinthians 16:15).
