'Wind' in the Bible
when suddenly there came from the sky a sound as of a strong rushing blast of wind. This filled the whole house where they were sitting;
It took several days of slow sailing for us to come with difficulty off Cnidus; from which point, as the wind did not allow us to get on in the direct course, we ran under the lee of Crete by Salmone.
But it was not long before a furious north-east wind, coming down from the mountains, burst upon us and carried the ship out of her course.
So they cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, unloosing at the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
From there we came round and reached Rhegium; and a day later, a south wind sprang up which brought us by the evening of the next day to Puteoli.