Acts 27:18
“And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship ;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest,.... Sometimes being lifted up as it were to the heavens, and then…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They lightened the ship - By throwing out a part of the cargo.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Lightened the ship - Of what, we know not; but it was probably cumbrous wares, by which the deck was thronged, and which…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 27:12-20
In these verses we have,
I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest Better, with R. V."and as we laboured exceedingly with the storm." The…
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