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Acts 27:29

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

KJV

φοβούμενοί τε μήπου κατὰ τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας εὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.

Greek NT

Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus, de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri.

Vulgate

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

ASV

Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εὔχομαι
euchomai
verb · 7×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
πού
pou
adverb · 8×
πρύμνα
prumna
noun · 3×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
τραχύς
trachus
adjective · 2×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἄγκυρα
agkura
noun · 4×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκπίπτω
ekpipto
verb · 10×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ῥίπτω
ripto
verb · 7×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: μή που κατὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: μή που κατὰ | RP: μήπως εἰς
  • μή που κατὰSBLGNT
  • μή που κατὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μήπως εἰςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:17 — Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
  • Acts 27:17 — Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
  • Heb 6:19 — Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  • Heb 6:19 — Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;