Act 27:27-29 | ESV | STEP | When the fourteenth night had come , as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea , about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land .

Acts 27:27-29

27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. 28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. ^{▼▼About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters} A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms. ^{▼▼About 90 feet (see previous note)} 29 And fearing that we might ^crun on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.