Acts 27:13

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo.

The allegorical possibilities of a passage like this are not to be despised, although there is no allegation here that Luke intended this as an allegory. He only reported what happened; but what happened here is much like what happens in the lives of many who, being tempted into some wrong move by enticing opportunities, find at last devastation and shipwreck. Like the boxer who feints with the right, then blasts with the left, life often tempts with the soft and beautiful winds of temptation, only to overwhelm the unwary with the storms of destruction. "The south wind blew softly ... the tempestuous Eraquilo beat down upon them!"

Close to shore ... indicates that the south wind was a little too good; they had difficulty keeping their distance from the shore. Many a temptation carries this quality of being just a little too convenient! This very south wind was related to the storm that wrecked them.