Actes 27:16

16 Nous passâmes au-dessous d'une petite île nommée Clauda, et nous eûmes de la peine à nous rendre maîtres de la chaloupe;

Actes 27:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:16

And running under a certain island
Or below a certain island and hard by, it or under the sea shore of it, where the sea might be smoother, the wind not being there so strong:

which is called Clauda:
by Ptolomy ^F24 it is called Claudus, and was near the island of Crete, and now called Gozo. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, and some copies, read "Cauda"; and there was an island near to Crete, which was called Gaudos ^F25, and is thought to be the place here meant:

we had much work to come by the boat;
which they had with them to go ashore in, or to betake themselves to in case of shipwreck; and which in this storm was in danger of being dashed to pieces against the ship, or lost; and it was with some difficulty that they came at it, and took it up into the ship.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Geograph. l. 3. c. 17.
F25 Mela, l. 2. c. 7. Plin. l. 4. c. 12.

Actes 27:16 In-Context

14 Mais bientôt un vent impétueux, qu'on appelle Euraquilon, se déchaîna sur l'île.

15 Le navire fut entraîné, sans pouvoir lutter contre le vent, et nous nous laissâmes aller à la dérive.

16 Nous passâmes au-dessous d'une petite île nommée Clauda, et nous eûmes de la peine à nous rendre maîtres de la chaloupe;

17 après l'avoir hissée, on se servit des moyens de secours pour ceindre le navire, et, dans la crainte de tomber sur la Syrte, on abaissa les voiles. C'est ainsi qu'on se laissa emporter par le vent.

18 Comme nous étions violemment battus par la tempête, le lendemain on jeta la cargaison à la mer,