Acts 27:15

When the ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Text-Critical English NT

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 before long, a hurricane-force wind called Euroclydon swept down from the island.

16Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty to secure the skiff.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were approaching some 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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