Acts 27:18

And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

19And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

Matthew 16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 16:8And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

Acts 27:38And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

Hebrews 12:1For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for 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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