“Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Acts 27 contains 44 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.