Acts 27:16

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

In Context

15And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven.

17And having taken that up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall off into the sandbank, having lowered the vessel, they were driven this way.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30And since the sailors sought to flee out of the ship, and having lowered the skiff into the sea in pretense as going to stretch out anchors from the bow,

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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