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Acts 27:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Acts 27:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 As we passed along the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda,[a] we managed with some difficulty to secure the ship’s lifeboat. 17 After hoisting it up, they used cables to undergird the ship. Then, afraid of running aground on the shallows of Syrtis,[b] they lowered the sea anchor and so let themselves drift.
18 We were being pounded so violently by the storm that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
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- Acts 27:16 Cauda: a city about 23 miles from Crete.
- Acts 27:17 Syrtis: a sandy stretch of land off the coast of Tunis and Tripoli in North Africa.
