# 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.

— Acts 27:28, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).