Acts 27:14

But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

In Context

13And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:21And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

Ezekiel 27:26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea.

Matthew 8:24And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

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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