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John Gill's Exposition on Acts 27:15

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when the ship was caught, etc.] By the wind, snatched up by it, and forcibly carried away: and could not bear up into the wind; and against it, or look it in the face, as the word signifies; could not ply to windward, the wind being so high and the sea so strong: we let her drive; about the sea, at pleasure, it being in vain to attempt to get her forward against the wind, or to direct her course.
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