ACTS 27:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:”
As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. - Near the island Cauda, the crew attempts to secure the small 'lifeboat' (skaphē, skaphē-'small boat, dinghy,' used for rescue). The phrase 'hardly able to make...secure' (molis ischyo, molis ischyo-'scarcely able') shows the storm's ferocity. The lifeboat is essential for survival; securing it is the crew's first priority amid chaos. This detail is vivid and exact, reflecting actual seamanship in ancient storms.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:16
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; and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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