Acts 27:15

And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven [before it].

Darby Translation

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 came down it a hurricane called Euroclydon.

16But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;

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Cross References

Acts 27:27And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared 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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