Acts 27:18

And as the storm raged violently upon us, we the next day threw goods into the sea.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And after hoisting it on board, we girded the ship around the waist, and made it strong. And, because we were afraid of falling upon a precipice of the sea, we pulled own the sail; and so we drifted.

19And on the third day, with our own hands, we threw away the tackling of the ship.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 16:8And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously: for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their generation.

Acts 27:38And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took the wheat and cast it into the sea.

Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for 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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