Acts 27:18

We took such a violent battering by the storm that the next day they began throwing the cargo overboard.

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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

17When they had hoisted the lifeboat up, they used its ropes to bind the hull of the ship. They were afraid that they should run upon the sandbars of Syrtis, so they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

19On the third day the sailors threw overboard the ship's equipment with their own hands.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:27They swayed and staggered like drunkards 1 and were at their wits' end. 1

Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?

Luke 16:8The master then commended the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own people than are the children of light.

Acts 27:38When they had eaten enough, they made the ship lighter by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and easily entangling sin. Let us patiently run the race that is placed 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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