Acts 27:19

and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

20And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Mark 8:35For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's 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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