Acts 27:15

And the oniyah, having been caught in it, and not being able to directly face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

14After not much time a violent, typhoon force wind rushed down from Crete, the so called Euraquilo, the Northeaster.

16By running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able only with difficulty to get the lifeboat secured.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27Now when the fourteenth night had come, while we being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, toward chatzot halailah (midnight), the sailors were suspecting that we were getting close to 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 →

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