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Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
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Commentators explain that "running under the lee" of the island Cauda was a skillful seamanship maneuver. The sailors used the island as a temporary shield from the storm's full force. This brief moment of relative calm was essential for the crew to perform critical, life-saving tasks.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And running under. Running near to an island. They ran near to it, where the violence of the wind was probably broken by the island.
Running under the lee of (υποδραμοντες). Second aorist active participle of υποτρεχω. Same use of υπο as in υπεπλευσαμεν (verses 4…
19th Century
Anglican
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda.—Some manuscripts give the variant reading Cauda, which agrees more clos…
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Baptist
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,…
Driven southwest some twenty-three miles to the small island of Cauda, the ship managed to gain the lee of the island. The sailors pulled in the di…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And running under a certain island Or below a certain island and hard by, it or under the sea shore of it, where the…
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Those who set out on the ocean of this world with a favorable wind do not know what storms they may encounter; and therefore, they must not easily …
