Acts 27:19

New International Reader's Version

On the third day, they even threw the ship’s tools and supplies overboard with their own hands.

Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan replied, “A man will give everything he has to save himself. So Job is willing to give up the lives of his family to save his own life.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time to search. And there’s a time to stop searching. There is a time to keep. And there’s a time to throw away.

Jonah 1:5

All the sailors were afraid. Each one cried out to his own god for help. They threw the ship’s contents into the sea. They were trying to make the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone below deck. There he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Acts 27:18

We took a very bad beating from the storm. The next day the crew began to throw the ship’s contents overboard.

Acts 27:20

The sun and stars didn’t appear for many days. The storm was terrible. So we gave up all hope of being saved.