Acts 27:29

Modern English Version

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

Cross References

Psalm 130:6

My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; indeed, more than those who watch for the morning.

Acts 27:17

When they had hoisted it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they might run aground on the sands of Syrtis, they struck sail and so were driven.

Acts 27:26

Nevertheless, we must be shipwrecked on a certain island.”

Acts 27:28

They took soundings and found the water to be one hundred and twenty feet deep. When they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be ninety feet deep.

Acts 27:30

When the sailors strove to abandon ship and lowered the boat into the sea, under the pretext of lowering anchors out of the bow,

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” And at evening you will say, “If only it were morning!” because of the fear of your heart and because of the sights your eyes will see.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, which enters the inner sanctuary behind the veil.