Acts 27 · Verse 19

Acts 27:19

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Acts 27:19, King James Version

Acts 27:19 in other translations

BSBOn the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
WEBOn the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
ASVand the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
YLTand on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
DARBYand on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.
BBEAnd on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.
WebsterAnd the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

What does Acts 27:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:19-20
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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 19. The tackling of the ship. The anchor, sails, cables, baggage, etc. That is, they threw over everything that was not indispensable to its preservation, for it seems still Acts 27:29.

(g) "cast out" Job 2:4, Jonah 1:5

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 The tackling of the ship - Την σκευην; All supernumerary anchors, cables, baggage, etc.

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 27:19 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.

καὶkaiandG2532
τῇtēaon theG3588
τρίτῃtritēthird [day]G5154
αὐτόχειρεςautocheireswith [their] own handsG849
τὴνtēntheG3588
σκευὴνskeuēntackleG4631
τοῦtouof theG3588
πλοίουploioushipG4143
ἔρριψαν·erripsanthey cast away;G4496

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

Cross references for Acts 27:19

  • Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

  • Luke 9:24-25

    For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

  • Mark 8:35-37

    For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mr 8:35-37; Lu 9:24,25

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Context

  • 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.

  • Acts 27:20

    And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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Acts 27:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y al tercer día nosotros con nuestras manos arrojamos los aparejos de la nave.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le troisième jour ils jetèrent de leurs propres mains les agrès du navire.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und am dritten Tage warfen sie mit eigenen Händen das Schiffsgerät fort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et tertia die suis manibus armamenta navis projecerunt.