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Acts 27:38

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

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Acts 27:38 in other translations

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

Acts 27:38 · World English Bible

Acts 27:38 in context

  1. 36Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
  2. 37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
  3. 38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
  4. 39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.
  5. 40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.