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Quicksands

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: Q By: James P. Boyd

Acts 27:17

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The Syrtis, greater and lesser

Two dangerous sandbanks or shoals off the north coast of Africa between Carthage and Cyrene (Acts 27:17¹⁷Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. (Acts 27:17)).

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