Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught, and could not make headway into the wind, we let her be driven along.

Revised King James New Testament

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 not long after there arose a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster.

16And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we had much work to secure the ship's boat.

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Cross References

Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven about on the Sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were approaching 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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