Acts 27:15

And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.

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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 afterward, a violent wind came against them, which is called the Northeast Wind.

16Then, being forced along a certain island, which is called the Tail, we were barely able to hold on to the ship’s lifeboat.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27Then, after the fourteenth night arrived, as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night, the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land.

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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