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Acts 27:38

World English Bible

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

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

Acts 27:38 · American Standard Version

Acts 27:38 in context

  1. 36Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
  2. 37In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
  3. 38When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
  4. 39When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
  5. 40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.