Acts 27:15

And the ship being caught, and unable to face the wind, we yielded to it, and were driven along.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 struck against it a tempestuous wind, called Euracylon.

16And running under a certain small island called Clauda, we were hardly able to come by the boat;

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Cross References

Acts 27:27And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven onward in the Adriatic sea, about midnight the seamen suspected that they were near to 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 →

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