Acts 27:17

New American Bible - revised edition

They hoisted it aboard, then used cables to undergird the ship. Because of their fear that they would run aground on the shoal of Syrtis, they lowered the drift anchor and were carried along in this way.

Cross References

Acts 27:16

We passed along the sheltered side of an island named Cauda and managed only with difficulty to get the dinghy under control.

Acts 27:26

We are destined to run aground on some island.”

Acts 27:29

Fearing that we would run aground on a rocky coast, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

Acts 27:40

So they cast off the anchors and abandoned them to the sea, and at the same time they unfastened the lines of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail into the wind, they made for the beach.

Acts 27:41

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow was wedged in and could not be moved, but the stern began to break up under the pounding [of the waves].