Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak. Cross References Acts 27:17 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. Acts 27:26 However, we must run aground on some island." Acts 27:28 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. Acts 27:40 Cutting 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. Treasury of Scripture Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. fallen. Acts 27:17,41 anchors. Acts 27:30,40 Hebrews 6:19 and wished. Deuteronomy 28:67 Psalm 130:6 |