Acts 27:16

And running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we with difficulty secured the boat.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 being caught and unable to bear up against the wind, we committed it to the gale, and were driven along.

17When they had taken it up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they should fall into the quicksand, they lowered the mast, and thus were driven along.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30And as the sailors were attempting to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea, under the pretext that they were about to let down anchors from the prow,

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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