The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. - The ship is 'caught' (synarpazo, synarpazo-'seized, carried away together') and cannot 'head into the wind' (antophthalmeo, antophthalmeo-'face directly against'). The sailors 'give way' (perididōmi, perididōmi-'yield, surrender') and are 'driven along' (pherō, pherō-'carried, borne'). The ship becomes helpless, subject to the wind's will, mirroring Paul's predicament: a prisoner without control of his fate, yet under divine protection.

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