Acts 27:19

On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

20When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News 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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