Acts 27:19

On the third day they grabbed the ship's gear and tossed it into the sea.

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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

18The following day as we were violently thrown about by the storm, the crew started throwing the cargo overboard.

20We hadn't seen the sun or the stars for many days as the storm beat down on us; so any hope of our being saved was lost.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.

Mark 8:35If you want to save your life you will lose it, but if you lose your life because of me and the good news you 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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