Acts 27:28 meaning and explanation
They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28, Berean Standard Bible
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These verses sit inside the account of Paul's voyage to Rome as a prisoner, written by an eyewitness who uses "we" (Acts 27:27). On the fourteenth night of a violent storm, sailors sensed land was near and measured the depth by lowering a weighted line.
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