Acts 27:17
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Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
In other translations
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
Greek words
ἣνhēnwhichG3739ἄραντεςaranteshaving taken upG142βοηθείαιςboētheiaissupportsG996ἐχρῶντοechrōntothey were usingG5530ὑποζωννύντεςhupozōnnuntesundergirdingG5269τὸtotheG3588πλοῖον·ploionship;G4143φοβούμενοίphoboumenoiFearingG5399τεtethenG5037μὴmēlestG3361εἰςeisintoG1519τὴνtēntheG3588ΣύρτινSurtinsandbars of SyrtisG4950ἐκπέσωσινekpesōsinthey may fallG1601χαλάσαντεςchalasanteshaving loweredG5465τὸtotheG3588σκεῦος,skeuosgear,G4632οὕτωςhoutōsthusG3779ἐφέροντο.epherontothey were driven along.G5342
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Related verses
- Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
- Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
- Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.However, we must run aground on some island.”
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People and places
Places: Syrtis