Acts 27:15

She was unable to make headway against the gale; so we gave up and let her drive.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 it was not long before a furious north-east wind, coming down from the mountains, burst upon us and carried the ship out of her course.

16Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat;

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Cross References

Acts 27:27It was now the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Sea of Adria, when, about midnight, the sailors suspected that land was close at hand.

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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