Acts 27:29

New Century Version

The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks, so they threw four anchors into the water and prayed for daylight to come.

Cross References

Psalm 130:6

I wait for the Lord to help me more than night watchmen wait for the dawn, more than night watchmen wait for the dawn.

Acts 27:17

After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ropes around the ship to hold it together. The men were afraid that the ship would hit the sandbanks of Syrtis, so they lowered the sail and let the wind carry the ship.

Acts 27:26

But we will crash on an island.”

Acts 27:28

so they lowered a rope with a weight on the end of it into the water. They found that the water was one hundred twenty feet deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. It was ninety feet deep.

Acts 27:30

Some of the sailors wanted to leave the ship, and they lowered the lifeboat, pretending they were throwing more anchors from the front of the ship.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening,” and in the evening you will say, “I wish it were morning.” Terror will be in your heart, and the things you have seen will scare you.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and strong. It enters behind the curtain in the Most Holy Place in heaven,