Acts 27:38 “After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwin…”

Acts 27:38

After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

Darby Translation

And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.

Young's Literal Translation

and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

Bible in Basic English

And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

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Cross references

“they lightened”

Jonah 1:5 Matthew 6:25 Matthew 16:26 Job 2:4 Hebrews 12:1 Acts 27:18

Jonah 1:5 · BSB

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a de…

Matthew 6:25 · BSB

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Matthew 16:26 · BSB

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Job 2:4 · BSB

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Hebrews 12:1 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Acts 27:18 · BSB

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37In all, there were 276 of us on board.

39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

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