Acts 27:18

Acts 27:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
• New International Version (NIV)We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.

Context of Acts 27:18

16As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely got control of the ship’s lifeboat. 17The men pulled it up on deck. Then they passed ropes under the ship to reinforce it. Fearing that they would hit the large sandbank off the shores of Libya, they lowered the sail and were carried along by the wind. We continued to be tossed so violently by the storm that the next day the men began to throw the cargo overboard. 19On the third day they threw the ship’s equipment overboard. 20For a number of days we couldn’t see the sun or the stars. The storm wouldn’t let up. It was so severe that we finally began to lose any hope of coming out of it alive.

Acts 27:18 word by word

σφοδρῶς δὲ χειμαζομένων ἡμῶν τῇ ἑξῆς ἐκβολὴν ἐποιοῦντο·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• being exceedinglyσφοδρῶςsphodrōs · violentlyG4971
• tossed with a tempestχειμάζωcheimazō · be storm-tossedG5492
• the nextἑξῆςhexēs · next/afterwardG1836
• they lightenedποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• the shipἐκβολήekbolē · jettisoningG1546

Cross-references for Acts 27:18

• Psalms 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
• Acts 27:19On the third day they threw the ship’s equipment overboard.
• Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and they cried to their gods for help. They began to throw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship’s load. Now, Jonah had gone below deck and was lying there sound asleep.
• Matthew 16:26What good will it do for people to win the whole world and lose their lives? Or what will a person give in exchange for life?
• Luke 16:8“The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. Worldly people are more clever than spiritually-minded people when it comes to dealing with others.”
• Philippians 3:7These things that I once considered valuable, I now consider worthless for Christ.
• Hebrews 12:1Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.

Commentaries on Acts 27:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Lightened the ship - Of what, we know not; but it was probably cumbrous wares, by which the deck was thronged, and which were prejudicial to the due trim of the vessel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18They lightened the ship - By throwing out a part of the cargo.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 Those who launch forth on the ocean of this world, with a fair gale, know not what storms they may meet with; and therefore must not easily take it for granted that they have obtained their purpose. Let us never expect to be quite safe till we enter heaven. They saw neither sun nor stars for many days. Thus melancholy sometimes is the condition of the people of God as to their spiritual matters; they walk in darkness, and have no light. See…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20The violent and persistent storm forced the crew to throw the cargo over the side of the boat (compare Jonah 1:5). The crew had lost hope.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-441. we should sail, &c.--The "we" here reintroduces the historian as one of the company. Not that he had left the apostle from the time when he last included himself (Ac 21:18), but the apostle was parted from him by his arrest and imprisonment, until now, when they met in the ship. delivered Paul and certain other prisoners--State prisoners going to be tried at Rome; of which several instances are on record. Julius--who treats the apostle throughout with…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 27:18

• Mariners (Sailors)
• Paul
• Prophecy

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Commentaries on Acts 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings