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Acts 27:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Acts 27:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 27:1719 words
GreekMeaning
ἣνhēn
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἄραντεςarantes
having taken upverbG142
βοηθείαιςboētheiais
supportsnounG996
ἐχρῶντοechrōnto
they were usingverbG5530
ὑποζωννύντεςhypozōnnyntes
undergirdingverbG5269
τὸto
thearticleG3588
πλοῖονploion
shipnounG4143
φοβούμενοίphoboumenoi
FearingverbG5399
τεte
thenwordG5037
μὴ
lestwordG3361
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ΣύρτινSyrtin
sandbars of SyrtisnounG4950
ἐκπέσωσινekpesōsin
they may fallverbG1601
χαλάσαντεςchalasantes
having loweredverbG5465
τὸto
thearticleG3588
σκεῦοςskeuos
gearnounG4632
οὕτωςhoutōs
thusadverbG3779
ἐφέροντοepheronto
they were driven alongverbG5342
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 27:17

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 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. And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 53 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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