Acts 27:19

And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard.

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In The King James Version

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

In Context

18Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard.

20Then, when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no end to the storm was imminent, all hope for our safety was now taken away.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Mark 8:35For whoever will have chosen to save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life, for my sake and for the Gospel, shall save it.

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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