King James Version
Acts 27:16 in the King James Version says “And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:” — study this verse from Acts chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:”
Acts 27:16 · KJV
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.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship ;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“which is called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“the boat”
G4627a "skiff" (as if dug out), or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing)
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