Acts 27:19

And on the Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And we were being violently tossed by the storm, so much so that the next day they were throwing the cargo overboard.

20And neither shemesh (sun) nor kochavim appeared for many yamim and no small tempest assailed us. Lemaskana (finally) all tikvateinu for yeshu'ah was being abandoned.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6An et (season) to look for, 1 and an et (season) to lose; 1 an et (season) to keep, 1 and an et (season) to throw away; 1

Mark 8:35For whoever wishes to save his nefesh will lose it; but whoever loses his nefesh for my sake and for the sake of the Besuras HaGeulah 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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