Acts Chapter 27 verse 28 Holy Bible
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
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And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.
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and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
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And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms.{20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters} After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.{15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters}.
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and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - They sounded for sounded, A.V.; found for found it, A.V. (twice); after a little space for when they had gone a little further, A.V. After a little space (βραχὺ διαστήσαντες); literally, having interposed a short interval of time or space (comp. Luke 22:58, 59, μετὰ βραχύ κ.τ.λ., and then follows διαστάσης ὡσὲι ὥρας μιᾶς "after an interval of about an hour").
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Twenty fathoms.--The Greek noun so rendered was defined as the length of the outstretched arms from hand to hand, including the chest. It was reckoned as equal to four cubits--i.e., to about six feet--and is therefore fairly represented by our "fathom." The soundings here given agree with those that have actually been taken among the breakers off Cape Koura.
