Acts 27:19

On the third day we threw the ship's tackle overboard with our own hands.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18The next day, because we were being severely battered by the storm, the sailors began throwing the cargo overboard.

20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and the violent storm continued to rage, all hope that we might be saved was lost.

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Cross References

Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the sake of the gospel 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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