And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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Gill's Exposition
And the third day,.... From the time this storm began, and this tempestuous weather held:
we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship; by which seems to be meant their naval stores and…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
The tackling of the ship - Την σκευην; All supernumerary anchors, cables, baggage, etc.
In these verses we have,
I. The ship putting to sea again, and pursuing her voyage at first with a promising gale. Observe, 1. What induced them to leave the fair havens: it was because they thought…
Cambridge Bible
we cast out with our own hands The oldest MSS., with R. V.read "They cast out with their &c." which is much more likely than that the writer of the narrative, even if he were a fellow-traveller with…