John Gill Commentary Acts 27:16

"And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:" — Acts 27:16 (ASV)

And running under a certain island
Or below a certain island and hard by, it or under the sea shore of it, where the sea might be smoother, the wind not being there so strong:

which is called Clauda :
by Ptolomy ^F24 it is called Claudus, and was near the island of Crete, and now called Gozo. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, and some copies, read "Cauda"; and there was an island near to Crete, which was called Gaudos ^F25 , and is thought to be the place here meant:

we had much work to come by the boat ;
which they had with them to go ashore in, or to betake themselves to in case of shipwreck; and which in this storm was in danger of being dashed to pieces against the ship, or lost; and it was with some difficulty that they came at it, and took it up into the ship.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Geograph. l. 3. c. 17.
• F25: Mela, l. 2. c. 7. Plin. l. 4. c. 12.