Acts 27:18

And as we were violently tempest-tossed, the next day they began to lighten the vessel;

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In The King James Version

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

In Context

17which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should run into the Syrtis, they lowered the sail and so were driven.

19and the third day we cast out with our own hands the movables of the ship.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They reel and stagger like a drunken man, And all their skill is vain.

Matthew 16:26For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.

Acts 27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting out the grain into the sea.

Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before 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 →

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