Acts 27:19

Modern English Version

On the third day we threw the tackle of the ship overboard with our own hands.

Cross References

Job 2:4

The Adversary answered the Lord, saying, “Skin for skin; yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek out, and a time to give up; a time to guard, and a time to cast away;

Jonah 1:5

Then the sailors were afraid, and each cried to his god. They tossed the ship’s cargo into the sea in order to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

Acts 27:18

We were violently tossed by the storm. The next day they threw cargo overboard.

Acts 27:20

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was upon us, all hope that we should be saved was lost.