Acts 27:16

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

17After hoisting it up, they were using frapping cables, passing them underneath the oniyah; then, fearing lest on the shallows of Syrtis they might run aground, they lowered the sea anchor, and so they were being driven along.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30Now when the sailors sought to flee from the oniyah and to let down the lifeboat into the sea on the pretext of casting out anchors,

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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