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Acts 27:14

Acts 27:14

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not: Exodus 14:21-27; Jonah 1:3-5

arose: or beat

a tempestuous: Psalms 107:25-27; Ezekiel 27:26; Matthew 8:24; Mark 4:37

Euroclydon: Probably, as Dr. Shaw supposes, one of those tempestuous winds called levanters, which blow in all directions, from ne round by e to se

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