Acts 27:18
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
In Context
19On the third day, we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.
Cross References
Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
Matthew 16:26What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set 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 →