Acts 27:15

and, the ship being caught and we not being able to bring her head to the wind, we let her go, and were borne along.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 no long time, there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, called Euraquilo,—

16And, running under the lee, of some small island, called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to make ourselves masters of the boat,—

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Cross References

Acts 27:27And, when, the fourteenth night, had come, and we were being driven to and fro in the Adriatic, about midnight, the sailors suspected that some country was, nearing, them;

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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