Acts 27:28 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 27:28

They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And sounded,.... Or let down their plummet, or sounding line; which was a line with a piece of lead at the end of it, which they let down into the water, and by that means found what depth it was, by which they could judge whether they were near land or not.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And sounded - Βολισαντες, Heaving the lead. Twenty fathoms - Οργυιας εικοσι, About forty yards in depth. The οργυια is thus defined by the Etymologicon: Σημαινει την εκτασιν των χειρων, συν τῳ πλατει του Ϛηθους· It signifies the extent of the arms, together with the breadth of the breast. This is exactly the quantum of our fathom.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
βολίσαντες	bolisantes	having taken soundings	G1001 →
εὗρον	heuron	they found	G2147 →
ὀργυιὰς	orguias	fathoms	G3712 →
εἴκοσι,	eikosi	twenty,	G1501 →
βραχὺ	brachu	A little	G1024 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
διαστήσαντες	diastēsantes	having gone farther	G1339 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
βολίσαντες	bolisantes	having taken soundings	G1001 →
εὗρον	heuron	they found	G2147 →
ὀργυιὰς	orguias	fathoms	G3712 →
δεκαπέντε·	dekapente	fifteen;	G1178 →