Acts 27:19

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And as the storm raged violently upon us, we the next day threw goods into the sea.

20And as the storm held on for many days, and as no sun was visible, nor moon, nor stars, all hope of our surviving was wholly cut off.

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Cross References

Mark 8:35For, whoever will preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life on my account, and on account of my tidings, 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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