Acts 27:15
The ship was caught by it and was unable to keep her head to the wind, so we had to give way and let her drive before it.
Open English Bible (US)
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 shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land – a north-easter, as it is called.
Cross References
Acts 27:27It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near 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 →