Acts 27:40

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

Cross References

Isaiah 33:23

Your cords are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the wealth of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Matthew 4:18

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

Acts 27:17

Which when they had taken it up, they used cables, undergirding the ship; and, fearing that they would fall into the shifting sands, lowered the gear, and so were driven.

Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.