Acts 27:18
The next day, because we were being severely battered by the storm, the sailors began throwing the cargo overboard.
Text-Critical English NT
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
Matthew 16:26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what can a person give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 16:8So the master commended the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the people of the light.
Acts 27:38When they had eaten their fill of food, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat out into the sea.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that lies 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 →