Acts 27:20

and neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and there being no small tempest on us, finally all hope of saving us was taken away.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

In Context

19and on the third day with their own hands they threw overboard the tackling of the ship;

21And there being much fasting, Paul standing in their midst, said, O men, truly it behooved you obeying me, not to depart from Crete, and incur this injury and loss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:24And behold, there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: and He was asleep.

2 Corinthians 11:25thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a day and a night I spent in the deep.

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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