{We made a circuit} (perielthontes). Second aorist active
of perierchomai, to go around, old verb, already in  19:13 .
See also  Heb 11:37  1Ti 5:13 . But Westcott and Hort read
perielontes after Aleph B (from periaire(935c)) as in  27:40 ,
though here it could only mean casting loose, for which no other
authority exists. At any rate the ship had to tack to reach
Rhegium and was not able to make a straight course
(enthudrome(935c),  16:11 ). {Rhegium} (Rh(8867)ion) is from

h(8867)numi, to break off, the place where the land breaks off,
the southern entrance to the straits of Messina. {A south wind
sprang up} (epigenomenou notou). Genitive absolute again, and
for all the world like that fatal south wind in  27:13 , but with
no bad results this time, though the weather was plainly
treacherous at this early season. {On the second day}
(deuteraioi). This is the classical use of the predicate
adjective, "We second day men" as in  Lu 24:22  Joh 11:39  Php
3:5  instead of the adverb (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 657). {To
Puteoli} (eis Potiolous). It was 182 miles from Rhegium and
would require 26 hours (Page). It was eight miles northwest from
Neapolis (Naples) and the chief port of Rome, the regular harbour
for the Alexandrian ships from Rome. Portions of the great mole
are said to be still visible.