King James Version
Acts 27:15 in the King James Version says “And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive .” — study this verse from Acts chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive .”
Acts 27:15 · KJV
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. arose: or, beat
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive .
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“not”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
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