What Does Acts 28:13 Mean?

“And from thence”

from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction)

“we fetched a compass”

to come all around, i.e., stroll, vacillate, veer

“and came”

to meet against, i.e., arrive at (literally or figuratively)

“to”

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

“Rhegium”

rhegium, a place in italy

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“after”

properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)

one

“day”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of

“blew”

to arrive upon, i.e., spring up (as a wind)

“the south wind”

the south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself

“the next day”

secondary, i.e., (specially) on the second day

“and we came”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“to”

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

“Puteoli”

little wells, i.e., mineral springs; potioli (i.e., puteoli), a place in italy