Acts 27:29

ἐκπέσωμεν for ἐκπέσωσιν with אABCHLP. Vulg. ‘incideremus.’

29. φοβούμενοί τε μήπου κατὰ τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, and fearing lest we should be cast ashore somewhere on rocky ground. That rocks were near was evident from the dashing of the waves. But the morning, even with the faint light which appeared through the dark clouds, might enable them to make for a part where the coast was not so full of danger.

ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες�, having cast four anchors out of the stern, thus trying as best they might to keep the head of the vessel towards the land and yet let her come no nearer to it, until they could make out what it was like.

εὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι, they wished [or prayed] for the day. If ‘prayed’ be taken as the rendering, the similarity of the circumstances to those in Jonah’s voyage would be made still greater, for then the heathen sailors prayed to their own gods.