Acts 27:15

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were carried on,

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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

14and not long after, there came down from it a turbulent wind [that] is called the Euroclydon,

16and having run under a certain little island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

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Cross References

Acts 27:27And when the fourteenth night came—we being carried up and down in the Adria—toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew near to them;

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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