# Acts 27:17

> After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

— Acts 27:17, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Syrtis** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/syrtis

## When

- c. AD 59-60 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The voyage and the shipwreck; Acts 27:9 places the crossing after the Day of Atonement, that is, already in the fall, when sailing was dangerous.

## Who ruled

- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## See also

- Acts 27:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/29
- Acts 27:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/26
- Acts 27:41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/41

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).