Acts 27:29 - People's Commentary (NT)

Acts 27:29

27 Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land.

28 And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

29 Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and¹ prayed for day to come.

30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow,

31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

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Acts 27:29

Acts 27:29 Fearing lest we should fall upon rocks. It was night, and they could hear the sound of the breakers. By day they might avoid the rocks. Hence they "cast anchor", and "wished for day". Cast four anchors. Because so many were needed to hold the ship.

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