Acts 27:15
And the ship being hurried on, and not able to face the wind, we gave it up and so were carried along.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 against it a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.
16And running under a certain island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat.
Cross References
Acts 27:27And when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the mariners thought they drew near to some 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 →