Acts 27:38

And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took up the wheat and sent it into the sea.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

In Context

37But we were in the ship two hundred and seventy and six souls.

39And when it was day, the sailors knew not what land it was; but they saw along the coast a certain inlet of the sea, (into) which they purposed if possible to drive the ship.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, if the whole world he shall acquire, and his soul shall perish? or what equivalent shall a man give for his soul?

Acts 27:18And while there rose against us the hard tempest, the next day we threw the goods into the sea.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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