Acts 27:19

And the third day with our own hands we threw overboard the tackling of the vessel.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And being exceedingly tossed with the storm, we the next day threw out the cargo.

20So when neither sun nor stars had appeared for many days, and no small tempest beating on us, all hope of our being preserved was entirely taken from us.

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Cross References

Mark 8:35For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, he shall preserve 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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