Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught,.... 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…

The ship was caught - By the wind. It came suddenly upon them as a tempest. Could not bear up ... - Could not resist its violence, or the helmsman could not direct the ship. It was seized by the wind,…

And when the ship was caught - Συναρπασθεντος δε του πλοιου. The ship was violently hurried away before this strong levanter; so that it was impossible for her, αντοφθαλμειν, to face the wind, to turn…

In these verses we have,

I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought…

and could not bear up into the wind (R. V."face the wind"). This comes nearer to the original, which is literally "to look the wind in the eye."

we let her drive (R. V."we gave way to it, and were…