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Acts 27:28 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Acts 27:28Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 27:2814 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
βολίσαντεςbolisantes
having taken soundingsverbG1001
εὗρονheuron
they foundverbG2147
ὀργυιὰςorgyias
fathomsnounG3712
εἴκοσιeikosi
twentyadjectiveG1501
βραχὺbrachy
A littleadjectiveG1024
δὲde
thenwordG1161
διαστήσαντεςdiastēsantes
having gone fartherverbG1339
καὶkai
andwordG2532
πάλινpalin
againadverbG3825
βολίσαντεςbolisantes
having taken soundingsverbG1001
εὗρονheuron
they foundverbG2147
ὀργυιὰςorgyias
fathomsnounG3712
δεκαπέντεdekapente
fifteenadjectiveG1178
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 27:28

But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down…

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