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As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
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Desperate Measures
Commentators explain that the storm was so violent that the crew took the drastic step of throwing the cargo overboard. This was a standard, though desperate, maritime procedure to lighten the ship. Luke's account highlights this as the first of several escalating actions taken as the situation grew more dire, eventually leading to them throwing the ship's tackle overboard as well.
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As we laboured exceedingly with the storm (σφοδρως χειμαζομενων ημων). Genitive absolute with present passive participle of χειμαζ…
19th Century
Anglican
The next day they lightened the ship.—St. Luke uses the technical term for throwing the bulk of the cargo overboard. They…
Baptist
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: which when they had taken up, they used helps,…
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For fourteen days and nights (cf. v.27), the ship was in the grip of the northeaster. The crew tried to lighten the ship by throwing overboard all …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest Sometimes being lifted up as it were to the heavens, and then present…
Presbyterian
Those who set out on the ocean of this world with a favorable wind do not know what storms they may encounter; and therefore, they must not easily …
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