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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 27:15	Strong Concordance	And [1161] when the ship [4143] was caught [4884], and [2532] could [1410] not [3361] bear up into [503] the wind [417], we let her drive [1929] [5342].
	King James	And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
could not bear up into--"face" the wind, we let her drift--before the gale.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

could not bear up into--"face"

the wind, we let her drift--before the gale.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The ship was caught - By the wind. It came suddenly upon them as a tempest. Could not bear up ... - Could not resist its violence, or the helmsman could not direct the ship. It was seized by the wind, and driven with such violence, that it became unmanageable. We let her drive - We suffered the ship to be borne along by the wind without attempting to control it.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The ship was caught - By the wind. It came suddenly upon them as a tempest.

Could not bear up ... - Could not resist its violence, or the helmsman could not direct the ship. It was seized by the wind, and driven with such violence, that it became unmanageable.

We let her drive - We suffered the ship to be borne along by the wind without attempting to control it.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Bear up (ἀντοφθαλμεῖν) Only here in New Testament. From ἀντί, opposite, and ὀφθαλμός, the eye. Lit., to look the wind in the eye. The ancient ships often had an eye painted on each side of the bow. To sail "into the eye of the wind" is a modern nautical phrase. We let her drive (ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα) Lit., having given up to it, we were borne along.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Bear up (ἀντοφθαλμεῖν)

Only here in New Testament. From ἀντί, opposite, and ὀφθαλμός, the eye. Lit., to look the wind in the eye. The ancient ships often had an eye painted on each side of the bow. To sail "into the eye of the wind" is a modern nautical phrase.

We let her drive (ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα)

Lit., having given up to it, we were borne along.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And when the ship was caught - Συναρπασθεντος δε του πλοιου. The ship was violently hurried away before this strong levanter; so that it was impossible for her, αντοφθαλμειν, to face the wind, to turn her prow to it, so as to shake it out, as I have heard sailors say, and have seen them successfully perform in violent tempests and squalls. We let her drive - We were obliged to let her go right before this tempestuous wind, whithersoever it might drive her.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And when the ship was caught - Συναρπασθεντος δε του πλοιου. The ship was violently hurried away before this strong levanter; so that it was impossible for her, αντοφθαλμειν, to face the wind, to turn her prow to it, so as to shake it out, as I have heard sailors say, and have seen them successfully perform in violent tempests and squalls.

We let her drive - We were obliged to let her go right before this tempestuous wind, whithersoever it might drive her.

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