Acts 27:15

and the ship was carried away, and could not stand against the wind, and we gave her into its hand.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

14And after a little there came forth against us a blowing of the tempest which is called Tuphonikos Euroklidon;

16And when we had passed a certain isle that is called Cyra; we could scarcely take up the boat.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27AND after fourteen days (in) which we had wandered and been beaten in the sea of Hadrios, in the dividing of the night, the mariners thought that we drew nigh 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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