Acts 27:18

And as we were greatly tossed by the tempest, on the next day they threw overboard the cargo;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

In Context

17When they had taken it up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they should fall into the quicksand, they lowered the mast, and thus were driven along.

19and on the third day, with our own hands, we threw out the tackling of the ship.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?

Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he acted prudently. For the children of this age are more prudent toward their generation than the children of light.

Acts 27:38When they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship by throwing the provisions into the sea.

Hebrews 12:1Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:13-21

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was… Read the whole commentary →

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