Acts 27:15

Contemporary English Version 1995

The wind struck the ship, and we could not sail against it. So we let the wind carry the ship.

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It takes strong winds to move a large sailing ship, but the captain uses only a small rudder to make it go in any direction.

For 14 days and nights we had been blown around over the Mediterranean Sea. But about midnight the sailors realized we were getting near land.

But soon a strong wind called “The Northeaster” blew against us from the island.

We went along the island of Cauda on the side that was protected from the wind. We had a hard time holding the lifeboat in place,