Acts 27:15

When the ship was caught by the storm and could no longer head into the wind, we had to give way to the storm and were driven along by the wind.

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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 after a short time a wind of hurricane force, called the northeaster, began to beat down from the island.

16We sailed along the lee of a small island called Cauda, and with difficulty we were able to secure the lifeboat.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27When the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven this way and that in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors thought 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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