rwp@Acts:27:18 @{As we laboured exceedingly with the storm} (\sphodrs cheimazomenn hmn\). Genitive absolute with present passive participle of \cheimaz\, old verb to afflict with a tempest (\cheima\, stormy weather), to toss upon the waves, here alone in N.T. {They began to throw overboard} (\ekbaln epoiounto\). Literally, "They began to make (inchoative imperfect middle of \poie\) a casting out" (\ekboln\ from \ekball\, to cast out, old word, only here in N.T.). Cf. Latin _jacturam facere_. This to lighten the ship by throwing overboard the cargo. The grain in the ship would shift and make it list and so added to the danger. {They cast out} (\eripsan\). Third person plural aorist active of \ript\, not \eripsamen\ as Textus Receptus. {With their own hands} (\autocheires\). Old word (\autos, cheir\) but here alone in N.T. Vivid and graphic touch by Luke who, of course, watched every movement day by day. {The tackling} (\tn skeun\). The furniture of the ship that could be spared. It was becoming desperate.