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Acts 27:16

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Cauda” (Καῦδα) before we were here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Clauda” (Κλαύδην) before difficulty here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

νησίονnēsionislandνησίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “island”, the object formG3519a little island, an islet.islandδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ὑποδραμόντεςhupodramontesto sail underὑποτρέχω (hupotrechō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sail under”, a single actionG5295I run under shelter of.καλούμενονkaloumenonwhich is calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “which is called”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.which is calledΚαῦδαkaudaClaudaΚαῦδαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Clauda”, the object formG2802Cauda, Clauda, an island twenty-three miles south of the western end of Crete.This verse uses “Clauda”.Claudaἰσχύσαμενischusamenwe hadἰσχύω (ischuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we had”, a single actionG2480I have strength, am strong, am in full health and vigor, am able; meton: I prevail.we hadμόλιςmolismuchμόλιςadverb — “much”G3433with difficulty, hardly, scarcely.muchπερικρατεῖςperikrateisto come byπερικρατής (perikratēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “to come by”, the subject formG4031having full power over, mastering, gaining control over.to come byγενέσθαιgenesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκάφηςskaphēsboatσκάφη (skaphē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “boat”, the of-formG4627a boat; any hollow vessel.the boat

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ΚλαύδηνklaudēnClaudaΚλαύδη (klaudē)noun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Clauda”, the object formG2802Cauda, Clauda, an island twenty-three miles south of the western end of Crete.This verse uses “Clauda”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

Young’s Literal Translation

and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

World English Bible

Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

Darby Translation

But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;

Douay-Rheims

And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

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