Acts 27:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship, х ekboleen (G1546 ) epoiounto ( G4160)] - literally, 'made an out throw;' a nautical phrase for throwing the cargo overboard to lighten the ship (compare Jonah 1:5).

Acts 27:18

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