Discovery BoxActs 8:39 
Context8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but 1 went on his way rejoicing. 2
Acts 27:28
Context27:28 They took soundings 3 and found the water was twenty fathoms 4 deep; when they had sailed a little farther 5 they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms 6 deep.
1 tn BDAG 189 s.v. γάρ 2 indicates that under certain circumstances γάρ (gar) has the same meaning as δέ (de).
2 sn Note that the response to the gospel is rejoicing (joy, cf. Acts 11:23; 13:48).
3 tn Grk “Heaving the lead, they found.” The participle βολίσαντες (bolisante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. See also BDAG 180 s.v. βολίζω. Although the term is used twice in this verse (and thus is technically not a NT hapax legomenon), it occurs nowhere else in the NT.
4 sn A fathom is about 6 feet or just under 2 meters (originally the length of a man’s outstretched arms). This was a nautical technical term for measuring the depth of water. Here it was about 120 ft (36 m).
5 tn L&N 15.12, “βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες ‘when they had gone a little farther’ Ac 27:28.”
6 sn Here the depth was about 90 ft (27 m).
