When they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Which when they had taken up. When they had raised the boat into the ship, so as to secure it.

They used helps. They used r…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They used helps, undergirding the ship.—The word “helps” corresponds to what we would call “precautions,” or “remedial me…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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,…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Which when they had taken up
When they had got the boat into the ship:

they used helps

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 …

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