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Acts 27:38
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 other translations
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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In context
35 When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; then he broke it and began to eat.
36 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
37 In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
39 When 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.
40 Casting 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.
41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
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