Acts 27:16

And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

17Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard, and so were driven.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

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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