Acts 27:15

15 The ship was caught in the storm and couldn't be turned into the wind. So we gave in to it, and it carried us along.

Acts 27:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught
By the wind, snatched up by it, and forcibly carried away:

and could not bear up into the wind;
and against it, or look it in the face, as the word signifies; could not ply to windward, the wind being so high and the sea so strong:

we let her drive;
about the sea, at pleasure, it being in vain to attempt to get her forward against the wind, or to direct her course.

Acts 27:15 In-Context

13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they could carry out their plan. They pulled up anchor and sailed closely along the coast of Crete.

14 Before long, a hurricane-strength wind known as a northeaster swept down from Crete.

15 The ship was caught in the storm and couldn't be turned into the wind. So we gave in to it, and it carried us along.

16 After sailing under the shelter of an island called Cauda, we were able to control the lifeboat only with difficulty.

17 They brought the lifeboat aboard, then began to wrap the ship with cables to hold it together. Fearing they might run aground on the sandbars of the Gulf of Syrtis, they lowered the anchor and let the ship be carried along.