Acts 27:19
in Acts 27On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
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ASV
and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
KJV
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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This verse in Acts 27
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
We were tossed so violently
on Acts 27:18-20
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo, and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. Then neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and without sky there was no navigation, and in that sea no hope. Luke writes the despair in the first person, we abandoned all hope of being saved, recording the day he too gave up.
This site's exposition
tackle overboard
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take this second lightening as a sign that the ship was now leaking, since passengers and crew together threw out whatever weight could be spared. Albert Barnes notes that some anchors stayed aboard. Verse 29 shows four of them in use.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Then, severe the storm, deep the darkness: and that they may not forget, the vessel also goes to pieces, and the corn is flung out and all beside, that they may not have it in their power after this to be shameless. For this is why the vessel goes to pieces, and their souls are tightly braced. Moreover, both the storm and the darkness contributed not a little to his obtaining the hearing he did.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), but now he distinguished himself, and, though a prisoner, undertook to be their counsellor and comforter. He reproves them for not taking his advice, which was to stay where they were, in the road of Lasea (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
19, 20. cast out with our own hands--passengers and crew together. the tackling of the ship--whatever they could do without that carried weight. This further effort to lighten the ship seems to show that it was now in a leaking condition, as will presently appear more evident.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3145: “Paul in the Tempest” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
[Other Sermons by Mr. Spurgeon, upon parts of this passage, are as follows—Sermons #1070, Volume 18—WRECKED, BUT NOT RECKLESS; #2952, Volume 51—THE CHURCH—THE WORLD'S HOPE and #1355, Volume 23—A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES.] HERE we see a Believer full of comfort cheering others. The words of good cheer now before us are from a man, but inasmuch as he does but repeat what the Lord had spoken to him, they are none the less precious. And they may be all the more profitable if they move us, by their example, to speak words of cheer to others.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3145: “Paul in the Tempest” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
[Other Sermons by Mr. Spurgeon, upon parts of this passage, are as follows—Sermons #1070, Volume 18—WRECKED, BUT NOT RECKLESS; #2952, Volume 51—THE CHURCH—THE WORLD'S HOPE and #1355, Volume 23—A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES.] HERE we see a Believer full of comfort cheering others. The words of good cheer now before us are from a man, but inasmuch as he does but repeat what the Lord had spoken to him, they are none the less precious. And they may be all the more profitable if they move us, by their example, to speak words of cheer to others. The Believer is sure to come to the front. He may be hidden away in the crowd and his condition and circumstances may put him in the rear rank for a time, but his light will by some means rise out of obscurity. Paul is nothing but a prisoner all the time the ship sails safely. He is courteously entreated, yet he holds rank among others who are being carried to Rome for trial. But the storm comes on and the ship is driven before the tempest—and he who was only a prisoner becomes practically the chief man in the ship! The owner, the captain, the centurion—these are very small figures in the picture. You scarcely notice them in the group huddled together in the laboring boat. Paul is the center of the whole company, the observed of all. He is as much the master of the ship as Caesar was when, in the tempest, he encouraged the mariners with the words, "Fear not, you carry Caesar and all his fortunes." Paul is greater than Caesar, for he says less of himself and more of the Eternal God. He is evidently reverenced and esteemed even by those who hold him in chains. Paul on board that vessel was strikingly like the Lord Jesus when He came into the ship upon the Galilean Lake. There are many parallels between every true Believer and his Lord.
The tackling of the ship - Την σκευην; All supernumerary anchors, cables, baggage, etc.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τῇ | tea | on the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| τρίτῃ | trite | third [day] | G5154 → | 56 times |
| αὐτόχειρες | autocheires | with [their] own hands | G849 → | |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σκευὴν | skeuen | tackle | G4631 → | |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πλοίου | ploiou | ship | G4143 → | 67 times |
| ἔρριψαν· | erripsan | they cast away; | G4496 → | 8 times |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τῇon the
teaG3588 →19766 times
τρίτῃthird [day]
triteG5154 →56 times
αὐτόχειρεςwith [their] own hands
autocheiresG849 →
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
σκευὴνtackle
skeuenG4631 →
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
πλοίουship
ploiouG4143 →67 times
ἔρριψαν·they cast away;
erripsanG4496 →8 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
it 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…
- Philippians 3:8–10
Through
Jonah 1:5The 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…
it 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.
- Acts 27:18–19
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, Acts; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3145: “Paul in the Tempest” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 53; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.