Acts 27
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Acts 27:27-29

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On the fourteenthG5065 nightG3571 weG1473 were still being drivenG1308 acrossG1722 theG3588 Adriatic SeaG99.1 AboutG2596 midnightG3319G3588G3571 theG3588 sailorsG3492 sensedG5282 theyG846 were approachingG4317 landG5100G5561. 28They took soundingsG1001 and found thatG2147 the water was twentyG1501 fathomsG3712 deep.2 GoingG1339 a little fartherG1024, they took another set of soundingsG1001G3825 that readG2147 fifteenG1178 fathomsG3712.3 29Fearing thatG5399G3361 we would run agroundG1601G4225 onG2596 the rocksG5138G5117, they droppedG4496 fourG5064 anchorsG45 fromG1537 the sternG4403 and prayed forG2172 daybreakG2250G1096.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 27:27 The Adriatic Sea referred to an area extending well south of Italy to include the central portion of the Mediterranean Sea. ↩
  2. 2. Acts 27:28 20 fathoms is approximately 120 feet or 36.6 meters. ↩
  3. 3. Acts 27:28 15 fathoms is approximately 90 feet or 27.4 meters. ↩

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