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Acts 27:15 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 15
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.Acts 27:15 · King James Version
Acts 27:15 in context
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:
17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- caughtsynarpazōto seize by force, to catch or lay hold of , to seize by force and carry awayG4884 →
- driveepididōmito hand, give by hand, to give over, give up to the power or will of oneG1929 →
- shipploiona shipG4143 →
- windanemoswind, a violent agitation and stream of air, a very strong tempestuous wind, the four…G417 →
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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