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Acts 27:18 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;Acts 27:18 · King James Version
Acts 27:18 in context
16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedinglysphodrōsexceedinglyG4971 →
- tempestcheimazōto afflict with a tempest, to toss about upon the wavesG5492 →
- nexthexēssuccessively in order, the next following, the next in successionG1836 →
- shipekbolēa casting out, the throwing overboard of goods and lading whereby sailors lighten a ship…G1546 →
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In these verses we have, I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought the harbour not commodious to winter in; it was pleasant enough in summer but in the winter they lay bleak.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20