As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].
Acts 27:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) On the third day, they handed [the rest of] the ship’s gear to each other, and threw it overboard [Note: This was perhaps furniture, rigging, sails, baggage, etc.]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the third day they threw out with their own hands the ship's equipment (the tackle and the furniture). American Standard Version (1901) and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship. Common English Bible On the third day, they picked up the ship’s gear and hurled it into the sea. Catholic Public Domain Version And on the third day, with their own hands, they threw the equipment of the ship overboard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship. |
As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].
When they could see neither the sun nor the stars for many days [due to the storm], and with the wind blowing furiously on them, they gave up all hope of [ever] being saved.