Acts 27:18

And as we were being terribly battered by the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard,

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

In Context

17After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to.

19and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackling overboard.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 16:8"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Acts 27:38After eating a hearty meal, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.

Hebrews 12:1Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set 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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