858. Double Rudders

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Acts 27:40

Acts 27:40⁴⁰And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. (Acts 27:40). They committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands.

More correctly, the bands of the rudders; the word in the original being plural. Each ship had two rudders, or paddles, for steering, one on each quarter. The hinged rudder at the stern is comparatively a modern contrivance.

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Manners and Customs of the Bible

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• 841. Roman Citizens Not to Be Beaten

• 842. Debates in the Market Place

• 843. Epicureans Stoics

• 844. Trades Learned

• 845. Ephesian Letters

• 846. Shrines of Diana

• 847. The Temple of Diana

• 848. The Theater at Ephesus

• 849. The Asiarchae

• 850. Town Clerk - Diana of Ephesus

• 851. Vows - Nazarites

• 852. Position of Teacher and Scholar

• 853. Appeal - Roman - Councilors

• 854. The Hand Stretched Forth

• 855. The Skiff

• 856. "Undergirding"

• 857. Anchors, How Used

• 858. Double Rudders

• 859. Ships Named

• 860. Capital Punishment

• 861. Adoption

• 862. The Kiss

• 863. Set Forth Last

• 864. Temperance Chaplets

• 865. Boxing

• 866. The Herald

• 867. Glass

• 868. Mode of Reckoning Time

• 869. Enemies Under the Feet