Acts 27:29

And fearing that we would fall upon rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern, and wished for day.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The 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.

In Context

28And they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, and sounded again, they found fifteen fathoms.

30And as the sailors were attempting to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea, under the pretext that they were about to let down anchors from the prow,

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Cross References

Acts 27:17When they had taken it up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they should fall into the quicksand, they lowered the mast, and thus were driven along.

Acts 27:30And as the sailors were attempting to flee from the ship, and were letting down the boat into the sea, under the pretext that they were about to let down anchors from the prow,

Hebrews 6:19which, hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters in beyond the vail,

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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