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Acts 27:14 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 14
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.Acts 27:14 · King James Version
Acts 27:14 in context
12And 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.
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tempestuoustyphōnikoslike a whirlwind, tempestuousG5189 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- aftermetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- aroseballōto throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls, to scatter, to throw, cast…G906 →
- longpolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20