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Acts 27:29
Acts 27:29 is verse 29 of Acts chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
King James Version
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
World English Bible
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
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Acts 27:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible
27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
30 Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 27:17After 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.
Acts 27:41But 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 27:30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
Acts 27:40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
Hebrews 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.