Acts 27:16

And running under a certain small island called Clauda, we were hardly able to get possession of the boat;

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

17which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should run into the Syrtis, they lowered the sail and so were driven.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30And as the sailors were seeking means to escape from the ship, when they had lowered the boat into the sea, under the pretence that they were about to carry out anchors from the foreship,

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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