14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
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And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. …
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. …
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in ; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak. Or perhaps it was upon some other account incommodious; provisions perhaps were scarce and d…
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