Acts 27:17

Weymouth NT

and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.

Cross References

Acts 27:16

Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat;

Acts 27:26

But we are to be stranded on a certain island.«

Acts 27:29

Then for fear of possibly running on rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern and waited impatiently for daylight.

Acts 27:40

So they cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, unloosing at the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

Acts 27:41

But coming to a place where two seas met, they stranded the ship, and her bow sticking fast remained immovable, while the stern began to go to pieces under the heavy hammering of the sea.