17 After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would (A)run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,[a] and thus they were driven along.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:17 That is, the sea-anchor (or possibly the mainsail)

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