Acts 27:15

15 And when the ship was caught up by it and could not resist against the wind, the ship was taken by the wind and drifted.

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 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, raising sails, they sailed close by Crete.

14 But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. {devastating cold north wind from Europe}

15 And when the ship was caught up by it and could not resist against the wind, the ship was taken by the wind and drifted.

16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat,

17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into Syrtis, {or the sandbanks}, struck sail and so were driven.