Acts 27:19

On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

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KJV

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

ASV

and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

YLT

and on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,

DBT

and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.

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And the third day,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

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The tackling of the ship - The anchors, sails, cables, baggage, etc. That is, everything that was not indispensable to its preservation, for it seems still Act 27:29 that they retained some of their anchors on board.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

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Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
Job 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Acts 27:18
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Luke 9:24–25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
Jonah 1:5
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Mark 8:35–37
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
Isaiah 33:23
Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Job 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
leads to
- Philippians 3:8–10
  More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…
- Matthew 6:25
  Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
- Matthew 16:26
  What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Jeremiah 41:8
  But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the…
Through
Jonah 1:5
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part…
leads to
- Acts 27:18–19
  We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
- Jeremiah 2:28
  But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
- 1 Kings 18:26
  And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no…
- Luke 22:45–46
  When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

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