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Selected Verse: Acts 27:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 27:19 |
King James |
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cast out with our own hands--passengers and crew together.
the tackling of the ship--whatever they could do without that carried weight. This further effort to lighten the ship seems to show that it was now in a leaking condition, as will presently appear more evident. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The tackling of the ship - The anchors, sails, cables, baggage, etc. That is, everything that was not indispensable to its preservation, for it seems still Act 27:29 that they retained some of their anchors on board. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Tackling (σκευὴν)
The word means equipment, furniture. The exact meaning here is uncertain. Some suppose it to refer to the main-yard; an immense spar which would require the united efforts of passengers and crew to throw overboard. It seems improbable, however, that they would have sacrificed so large a spar, which, in case of shipwreck, would support thirty or forty men in the water. The most generally received opinion is that it refers to the furniture of the ship - beds, tables, chests, etc. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| We cast out the tackling of the ship - Cutting away even those masts that were not absolutely necessary. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The tackling of the ship - Την σκευην; All supernumerary anchors, cables, baggage, etc. |
29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.