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Acts 27:26-28
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Acts 27:26-28
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
26 But we must run-aground on a certain island”.
On The Fourteenth Night, The Sailors Fear Running Aground
27 Now when the fourteenth night came, while we were being driven-about in the Adriatic-sea, during the middle of the night the sailors were suspecting that some land was approaching them. 28 And having taken-soundings[a], they found it to be twenty fathoms[b]. And having set a short interval[c], and again having taken-soundings, they found it to be fifteen fathoms.
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- Acts 27:28 Or, heaved-the-lead. That is, having dropped a weighted line to the bottom.
- Acts 27:28 A fathom is the length of a man’s outstretched arms, about 6 feet or 1.8 meters. The sailor thus counted the fathoms as he pulled up the line.
- Acts 27:28 That is, interval of time, and thus distance. Based on the geography, this may have been about 30 minutes. Or, separated a short distance.
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Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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