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Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;
Acts 27:18 · Webster Bible
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 bear up into the wind, we let [her] drive.
16 And running under a certain isle which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;
19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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.
21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
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