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Acts 27:18
And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
Acts 27:18 · American Standard Version
Acts 27:18 in other translations
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
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In context
15 and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.
16 And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:
17 and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
18 And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
19 and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
21 And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
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