Acts 27:16

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

Text-Critical English NT

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

15When the ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

17After hoisting it up, the sailors used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing they might run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and in this manner the ship was driven along.

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Cross References

Acts 27:30Then the sailors tried to escape from the ship by lowering the skiff into the sea under the pretense that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

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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