“And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.”
Acts 27:15 (KJV) |
Acts 27:15
From Acts 27, in the Book of Acts (New Testament).
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And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Which 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.