CAUDA (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] wrongly Clauda; now Gaudho) is an island off the S. coast of Crete. St. Pauls ship, sailing from Myra to Rome, shortly after rounding Cape Matala was making in a W.N.W. direction, when a sudden strong wind coming from E.N.E. drove it along at a rapid rate for about 23 miles, till it got under the lee of Cauda (Act_27:16). Such a change of wind is frequent there at the present day.
A. Souter.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Cau'da. Act_27:16. The form given, in the Revised Version, for Clauda, an island south of Crete. It bears a closer relation to the modern name Gaudonesi of the Greek, the Gauda of P. Mela. (Clauda. ? Editor).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kô?da (Καῦδα, Kaúda; also called Κλαῦδα, Klaúda; the King James Version Clauda; the modern Greek name Gaudho supports the form Cauda): An island 23 miles West of Cape Matala. It is a small island, and can never have supported a large population, or have been of any importance. Its elevation to the rank of a bishopric in Byzantine times must have been due to its association with the voyage of Paul. The ship with Paul on board was driven under the lee of Cauda (Act_27:16); in the calm water south of the island the crew succeeded in hauling in the boat, undergirding the ship and slackening sail.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.