Acts 27:19

and, on the third day, with their own hands, the tackling of the ship, they cast away.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18But, we being exceedingly tempest-tossed, on the next day, they began to throw [cargo] overboard;

20And, neither, sun nor stars, appearing for many days, and, no small tempest, lying upon us, in the end, all hope that we should be saved, began to be taken from us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost,—A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Mark 8:35For, whosoever willeth, his own life, to save, shall lose it, but, whosoever shall lose his life for the sake [of me and] of the glad-message, shall 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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