Acts 27:15

Modern English Version

When the ship was overpowered and could not head into the wind, we let her drift.

Cross References

Acts 27:14

But soon afterward a tempestuous wind swept through, called the Euraquilo.

Acts 27:16

Drifting under the leeward side of an island called Cauda, we could scarcely secure the rowboat.

Acts 27:27

When the fourteenth night came, while we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors supposed that they were approaching land.

James 3:4

And observe ships. Though they are so great and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are directed with a very small rudder wherever the captain pleases.