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Acts 27:18
Acts 27:18 is verse 18 of Acts chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
King James Version
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
World English Bible
As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
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Acts 27:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
18 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
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.
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 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.
Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain 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.