Acts 27:16

16 And running under the lee of a certain small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control.

Acts 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.

Acts 27:16 In-Context

14 But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster, rushed down from it.

15 And [when] the ship was caught and [was] not able to head into the wind, we gave way [and] were driven [along].

16 And running under the lee of a certain small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control.

17 [After] hoisting {it up}, they made use of supports to undergird the ship. And [because they] were afraid lest they run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor [and] thus were driven [along].

18 And [because] we were violently battered by the storm, on the next [day] {they began} jettisoning [the cargo],