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Bear up (ἀντοφθαλμεῖν)
Only here in New Testament. From ἀντί, opposite, and ὀφθαλμός, the eye. Lit., to look the wind in the eye. The ancient ships often had an eye painted on each side of the bow. To sail “into the eye of the wind” is a modern nautical phrase.
We let her drive (ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα)
Lit., having given up to it, we were borne along.