Acts 27:15
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
16And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.
Cross References
Acts 27:27But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.
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 →