Acts 27:18

And as we were exceedingly tossed by the storm, the next day they lightened the ship:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Which when they had hoisted up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing least they should fall into the quick-sands, they struck fail, and so were driven.

19and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship too.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give as a ransom for his soul?

Luke 16:8And his master commended the dishonest steward as having acted prudently: for the men of this world are as to their affairs wiser than the children of light.

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

Hebrews 12:1Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and 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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