"Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicks…" — Acts 27:17

Acts 27:17 · KJV

“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

Verse 16

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

Verse 18

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next {day} they lightened the ship;

Acts 27 — Context

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let {her} drive.

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

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.

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next {day} they lightened the ship;

And the third {day} we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

Cross References

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.

Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

Acts 27:26

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.