Acts 27:15

The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.

Acts 27:27

It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.

James 3:4

And look at ships! They are so big that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the helmsman directs.

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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
It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.
James 3:4
And look at ships! They are so big that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the helmsman directs.

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