Acts 27:18
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And we, being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

being.

Psalm 107:27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

the next.

Acts 27:19,38 And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship. . . .

Jonah 1:5 But the Lord sent a great wind to the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Philippians 3:7,8 But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ. . . .

Hebrews 12:1 And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

Context
The Storm at Sea
17Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard and so were driven. 18And we, being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship. 19And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship.…
Cross References
Jonah 1:5
But the Lord sent a great wind to the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.

Acts 27:19
And the third day they cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship.

Acts 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.

Lexicon
We
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

were tossed so
χειμαζομένων (cheimazomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5492: To be storm-tossed. From the same as cheimon; to storm, i.e. to labor under a gale.

violently
Σφοδρῶς (Sphodrōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4971: Exceedingly, vehemently. Adverb from the same as sphodra; very much.

[that] the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

next [day]
ἑξῆς (hexēs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1836: Next in order, the next day, the following day, at the period immediately following. From echo; successive.

[the men] began
ἐποιοῦντο (epoiounto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to jettison the cargo.
ἐκβολὴν (ekbolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1546: A throwing out, a jettisoning of cargo to lighten a ship. From ekballo; ejection, i.e. a throwing overboard of the cargo.


Additional Translations
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

And we being storm-tossed violently, on the next day they began to make a jettison of cargo,

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

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the the freight overboard;

But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;

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

But, as the storm was still violent, the next day they began to lighten the ship;

As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,
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