Acts 27:15

And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

In Context

14But not long after, there threw against it a cyclonic wind called the Euroclydon.

16And having sailed under lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty, to develop control of the skiff.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27And when it became the fourteenth night, as we were driven about in the Adriatic sea, toward midnight the sailors suspected some region to come near them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:13-21

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was… Read the whole commentary →

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