Acts 27:19

And on the third day we threw off the equipment of the ship with our own hands.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.

20And neither the sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, finally all hope for us to be saved was taken away.

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Cross References

Mark 8:35For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's, will 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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