Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:15

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:15 - 27:15

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:15 - 27:15

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15. ἀντοφθαλμεῖν τῷ ἀνέμῳ, to face the wind. Literally, ‘to look the wind in the eye.’ The verb is found Wis 12:14, οὔτε βασιλεὺς ἢ τύραννος ἀντοφθαλμῆσαι δυνήσεταί σοι.

ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα, we gave way to it and were driven. The verb ἐπιδίδωμι has constantly the sense of yielding to a superior force. That force here is the wind. The A.V. makes the sense to be ‘we yielded up the vessel,’ which has not so much support, though it is not unexampled.