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.
Note 20 fathoms is approximately 120 feet or 36.6 meters.
Note 15 fathoms is approximately 90 feet or 27.4 meters.
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Note 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters
Note 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
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