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Acts · Chapter 27

Acts 27:28

They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

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Before · Acts 27:26–27

26But we must run aground on a certain island.” 27But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

28They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

After · Acts 27:29–30

29Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight. 30As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

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Notes and cross references in the WEB

  • Footnote20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters
  • Footnote15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters

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