Acts 27:18

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The next day, as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

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  • Jonah 1:5 : 5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
  • Acts 27:38 : 38 After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
  • Acts 27:19 : 19 On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
  • Ps 107:27 : 27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ. 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set before us.

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  • Acts 27:19-22
    4 verses
    89%

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

    20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued to rage, all hope of being saved was finally abandoned.

    21 After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete, thereby avoiding this disaster and loss.

    22 But now I urge you to take courage, because not one of you will lose your life; only the ship will be lost.

  • Acts 27:13-17
    5 verses
    86%

    13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted, so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

    14 But not long after, a violent wind, called the Northeaster, rushed down from the island.

    15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.

    16 As we passed to the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were barely able to secure the ship's lifeboat.

    17 After hoisting it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbanks of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.

  • Acts 27:37-44
    8 verses
    85%

    37 Altogether there were 276 of us on board.

    38 After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

    39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

    40 So they cut loose the anchors and left them in the sea, untied the ropes that held the rudders, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.

    41 But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern began to break apart under the pounding of the waves.

    42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

    43 But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

    44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. In this way, everyone reached land safely.

  • Acts 27:26-32
    7 verses
    82%

    26 But we must run aground on some island.

    27 On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors sensed that they were approaching land.

    28 They took soundings and found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later they sounded again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

    29 Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

    30 The sailors tried to escape from the ship, lowering the lifeboat into the sea under the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow.

    31 But Paul said to the centurion and soldiers, "Unless these men stay aboard the ship, you cannot be saved."

    32 So the soldiers cut the ropes holding the lifeboat and let it drift away.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
    3 verses
    80%

    11 Then they said to him, "What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?" For the sea was growing more and more tempestuous.

    12 He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, for I know that it is because of me this great storm has come upon you."

    13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew increasingly stormy against them.

  • Acts 27:6-10
    5 verses
    79%

    6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

    7 We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. Because the wind did not allow us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

    8 With difficulty, we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

    9 Much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them,

    10 "Men, I can see that our voyage will result in disaster and great loss, not only to the cargo and ship, but also to our own lives."

  • Mark 4:37-38
    2 verses
    77%

    37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling up.

    38 But he was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. They woke him up and said to him, 'Teacher, don’t you care that we are perishing?'

  • Luke 8:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 One day Jesus got into a boat with His disciples and said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." So they set out.

    23 As they sailed, He fell asleep. A fierce storm came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in great danger.

  • Matt 8:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24 Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

    25 The disciples came and woke Him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We are perishing!'

  • Matt 14:24
    75%

    24 Meanwhile, the boat was already far from land, being battered by the waves because the wind was against it.

  • Jonah 1:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break apart.

    5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

  • Acts 27:4
    74%

    4 From there we put out to sea again and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

  • Acts 21:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 After we had torn ourselves away from them and set sail, we headed straight to the island of Cos. The next day, we went to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

    2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, so we boarded it and set sail.

  • John 6:18
    73%

    18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

  • Jonah 1:15
    72%

    15 They picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

  • Acts 28:1
    72%

    1 After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

  • Matt 14:32
    72%

    32 When they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

  • Ezek 27:26
    72%

    26 Your rowers brought you into deep waters, but the east wind broke you apart in the heart of the seas.

  • Acts 28:10
    71%

    10 They honored us in many ways, and when we were ready to sail, they provided us with the supplies we needed.

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