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The Storm at Sea

Acts 27:16

In 9 translations

BSB
Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.NE, BYZ, and TR Clauda
KJV
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
WEB
Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
ASV
And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:
LSV
and having run under a certain little island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
YLT
and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
DBY
But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;
DRC
And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.
GNV
And we ran vnder a litle Yle named Clauda, and had much a doe to get the boat.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Καῦδα (“Cauda”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Κλαύδην (“Clauda”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἰσχύσαμεν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Καῦδα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Καῦδα; Robinson–Pierpont read Κλαύδην.
  • SBLGNT: ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις; Robinson–Pierpont read μόλις ἰσχύσαμεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες καλούμενον Καῦδα ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης,
RP2018
Νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες καλούμενον Κλαύδην μόλις ἰσχύσαμεν περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης·
TR-Boyd
Νησίον δέ τι ὑποδραμόντες καλούμενον Κλαύδην μόλις ἰσχύσαμεν περικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης·
SCR1894
νησιον δε τι υποδραμοντες καλουμενον κλαυδην μολις ισχυσαμεν περικρατεις γενεσθαι της σκαφης

Who and where

📍 Clauda◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul is shipwrecked by a storm

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