Acts 27:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.”
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“We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding <FI>day<Fi> they were making a clearing,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 27:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
- Jonah 1:5The 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.
- Matthew 16:26What 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?
- Luke 12:23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Luke 16:8The 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.
- Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
- Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
- Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, 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.
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