Acts 27:15
and when the ship was caught [by it], we were not able to face the wind, so had to give in and allow the ship to drift.
Acts 27:27
When the fourteenth night came, and while we were being tossed around [helplessly] in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the crew suspected they were nearing land.
James 3:4
Look, even though ships are huge and are driven by strong winds, still their direction can be governed by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires to sail.
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And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
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Acts 27:27
When the fourteenth night came, and while we were being tossed around [helplessly] in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the crew suspected they were nearing land.
James 3:4
Look, even though ships are huge and are driven by strong winds, still their direction can be governed by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires to sail.