King James Version
Acts 27:28 in the King James Version says “And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fift...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.”
Acts 27:28 · KJV
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks , they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when they had gone”
G1339to stand apart, i.e., (reflexively) to remove, intervene
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“again”
G3825(adverbially) anew, i.e., (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
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