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Acts 27:28-30
English Standard Version
Acts 27:28-30
English Standard Version
28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.[a] A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.[b] 29 And fearing that we might (A)run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered (B)the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,
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- Acts 27:28 About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters
- Acts 27:28 About 90 feet (see previous note)
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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