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Acts 27:29 — King James Version← Study notes

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.


Acts 27:29Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 27:2916 words
GreekMeaning
φοβούμενοίphoboumenoi
FearingverbG5399
τεte
thenwordG5037
μή
lestwordG3361
πουpou
about, a certain placeadverbG4225
κατὰkata
about, according as (to), afterprepositionG2596
τραχεῖςtracheis
rockyadjectiveG5138
τόπουςtopous
placesnounG5117
ἐκπέσωμενekpesōmen
be cast, fail, fall (awayverbG1601
ἐκek
out of theprepositionG1537
πρύμνηςprymnēs
sternnounG4403
ῥίψαντεςrhipsantes
having castverbG4496
ἀγκύραςankyras
anchorsnounG45
τέσσαραςtessaras
fouradjectiveG5064
ηὔχοντοēychonto
they were praying forverbG2172
ἡμέρανhēmeran
daynounG2250
γενέσθαιgenesthai
to comeverbG1096
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 27:29

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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