Acts 27:15
Well the ship was caught and could not head into the wind, so we gave up and were driven along.
Family 35 New Testament
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, a cyclonic wind blasted down from the land (it is called Euroclydon).
16Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we barely managed to secure the skiff;
Cross References
Acts 27:27Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven here and there in the Adriatic, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were nearing some land.
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 →