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Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

KJV

συναρπασθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ μὴ δυναμένου ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα.

Greek NT

Cumque arrepta esset navis, et non posset conari in ventum, data nave flatibus, ferebamur.

Vulgate

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

ASV

And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
συναρπάζω
sunarpazo
verb · 4×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
ἀντοφθαλμέω
antophthalmeo
verb · 1×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
ἐπιδίδωμι
epididomi
verb · 10×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.