Acts 27:18
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
- KJV
- And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
- WEB
- As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
- ASV
- And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the [the freight] overboard;
- DARBY
- But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,
- BLB
- And [in] our being storm-tossed violently, on the next day they began to make a jettison of cargo,
- ÅB
- Da vi nå led meget ondt av været, kastet de neste dag ladningen overbord,
- OTB
- Neste dag, mens vi ble voldsomt kastet rundt av stormen, begynte de å kaste lasten overbord.
- B1930
- Da vi nu led meget ondt av været, kastet de næste dag ladningen overbord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jonah 1:5
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Read in contextActs 27:38
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Read in contextHebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Read in contextMatthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Read in contextActs 27:19
On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–8
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextLuke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Read in contextPsalms 107:27
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
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