Acts 27:16-18

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¹⁶ When we went ·below [under the lee/shelter of] a small island named Cauda [^C23 miles off the south coast of Crete], we were barely able to bring in the lifeboat. ¹⁷ After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ·ropes [or cables] ·around [or under] the ship to hold it together. The men were afraid that the ship would ·hit [run aground on] the sandbanks of Syrtis [^Coff the coast of North Africa], so they lowered the ·sail [or sea anchor; ^Lgear] and let the wind carry the ship. ¹⁸ The next day the storm was blowing us so hard that the men threw out some of the cargo.