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Acts 27:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Acts 27:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 After hoisting it up, they used cables to undergird the ship. Then, afraid of running aground on the shallows of Syrtis,[a] they lowered the sea anchor and so let themselves drift.
18 We were being pounded so violently by the storm that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 Then on the third day, they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
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- Acts 27:17 Syrtis: a sandy stretch of land off the coast of Tunis and Tripoli in North Africa.