Acts 27:18
The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship.
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- Jonah 1:5 : 5 Then the mariners were afraide, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of the: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he lay downe, and was fast a sleepe.
- Acts 27:38 : 38 And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.
- Acts 27:19 : 19 And the third day we cast out with our owne hands the tackling of the ship.
- Ps 107:27 : 27 They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.
- Matt 16:26 : 26 For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?
- Luke 16:8 : 8 And the Lorde commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the children of this worlde are in their generation wiser then the children of light.
- Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But the thinges that were vantage vnto me, the same I counted losse for Christes sake. 8 Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,
- Heb 12:1 : 1 Wherefore, let vs also, seeing that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, cast away euery thing that presseth downe, and the sinne that hangeth so fast on: let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs,
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- Acts 27:19-224 verses89%
19And the third day we cast out with our owne hands the tackling of the ship.
20And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.
21But after long abstinece, Paul stood forth in the mids of them, and said, Syrs, ye should haue hearkened to me, and not haue loosed from Candie: so should ye haue gained this hurt and losse.
22But now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shalbe no losse of any mans life among you, saue of the ship onely.
- Acts 27:13-175 verses86%
13And when the Southerne winde blew softly, they supposing to atteine their purpose, loosed neerer, and sailed by Candie.
14But anon after, there arose by it a stormy winde called Euroclydon.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.
16And we ran vnder a litle Yle named Clauda, and had much a doe to get the boat.
17Which they tooke vp and vsed all helpe, vndergirding the ship, fearing least they should haue fallen into Syrtes, and they strake saile, and so were caried.
- Acts 27:37-448 verses85%
37Nowe we were in the ship in all two hundreth three score and sixteene soules.
38And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.
40So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.
41And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waues.
42Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.
43But the Centurion willing to saue Paul, stayed them from this counsell, and commaunded that they that coulde swimme, shoulde cast them selues first into the sea, and goe out to land:
44And the other, some on boardes, and some on certaine pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they came all safe to land.
- Acts 27:26-327 verses82%
26Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.
27And when ye fourteenth night was come, as we were caried to and fro in the Adriaticall sea about midnight, the shipmen deemed that some countrey approched vnto them,
28And sounded, & found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a litle further, they sounded againe, and found fifteene fathoms.
29Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.
30Nowe as the mariners were about to flee out of the ship, and had let downe the boat into the sea vnder a colour as though they would haue cast ankers out of the foreship,
31Paul sayde vnto the Centurion and the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be safe.
32Then the souldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall away.
- Jonah 1:11-133 verses80%
11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)
12And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.
13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.
- Acts 27:6-105 verses79%
6And there the Centurion found a ship of Alexandria, sayling into Italie, and put vs therein.
7And when we had sayled slowly many dayes, and scarce were come against Gnidum, because the winde suffered vs not, we sailed hard by Candie, neere to Salmone,
8And with much adoe sayled beyond it, and came vnto a certaine place called the Faire hauens, neere vnto the which was the citie Lasea.
9So when much time was spent, and sayling was now ieopardous, because also the Fast was nowe passed, Paul exhorted them,
10And sayde vnto them, Syrs, I see that this voiage will be with hurt & much damage, not of the lading and ship onely, but also of our liues.
- Mark 4:37-382 verses77%
37And there arose a great storme of winde, and the waues dashed into the shippe, so that it was now full.
38And he was in the sterne asleepe on a pillow: and they awoke him, and saide to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
- Luke 8:22-232 verses76%
22And it came to passe on a certaine day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he sayd vnto them, Let vs goe ouer vnto the other side of the lake; they lanched forth.
23And as they sayled, he fell a sleepe, and there came downe a storme of winde on the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in ieopardie.
- Matt 8:24-252 verses75%
24And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe.
25Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.
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24And the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, and was tossed with waues: for it was a contrarie winde.
- Jonah 1:4-52 verses74%
4But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
5Then the mariners were afraide, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of the: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he lay downe, and was fast a sleepe.
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4And from thence we launched, and sayled hard by Cyprus, because ye windes were contrarie.
- Acts 21:1-22 verses73%
1And as we launched forth, and were departed from them, we came with a straight course vnto Coos, and the day following vnto the Rhodes, and from thence vnto Patara.
2And we found a ship that went ouer vnto Phenice, and went aboard, and set forth.
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18And the Sea arose with a great winde that blewe.
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15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.
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1And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.
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32And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.
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26Thy robbers haue brought thee into great waters: the East winde hath broken thee in the middes of the sea.
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10Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.