Acts 27 · Verse 18

Acts 27:18

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Acts 27:18, King James Version

Acts 27:18 in other translations

BSBWe were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
WEBAs we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
ASVAnd as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
YLTAnd we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,
DARBYBut the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,
BBEAnd, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;
WebsterAnd we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

What does Acts 27:18 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 18. They lightened the ship. By throwing out a part of the cargo.

(f) "tossed" Ps 107:27

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Lightened 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 27:12-20

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…

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Acts 27:18 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

σφοδρῶςsphodrōsViolentlyG4971
δὲdenowG1161
χειμαζομένωνcheimazomenōnbeing storm-tossedG5492
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165
τῇtēaon theG3588
ἑξῆςhexēsnext [day]G1836
ἐκβολὴνekbolēna jettison of cargoG1546
ἐποιοῦντο·epoiountothey were making;G4160

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 27:18

  • Jonah 1:5

    Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

  • Acts 27:38

    And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • Matthew 16:26

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • Acts 27:19

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

  • Philippians 3:7-8

    But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

  • Luke 16:8

    And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

  • Psalms 107:27

    They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
being.
Ps 107:27
the next.
19,38; Jon 1:5; Mt 16:26; Lu 16:8; Php 3:7,8; Heb 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 27:17

    Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

  • Acts 27:18

    And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

  • Acts 27:19

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

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Acts 27:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas siendo atormentados de una vehemente tempestad, al siguiente día alijaron;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et comme nous étions violemment battus par la tempête, le jour suivant ils jetèrent une partie de la charge.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Indem wir aber sehr vom Sturme litten, machten sie des folgenden Tages einen Auswurf;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Valida autem nobis tempestate jactatis, sequenti die jactum fecerunt: