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Acts 27:38
Acts 27:38 is verse 38 of Acts chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
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.
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Acts 27:36–40 · Berean Standard Bible
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 When 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.
40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Jonah 1:5The 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 deep sleep.
Matthew 6:25Therefore 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 16:26What 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?
Hebrews 12:1Therefore, 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.