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Acts 27:38

36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

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

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
KJV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
WEB
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
ASV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
DARBY
And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
BLB
And having been filled with food, they began to lighten the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
ÅB
Og da de var blitt mette, lettet de skipet ved å kaste levnetsmidlene i havet.
OTB
Da de hadde spist så mye de ville, lettet de skipet ved å kaste hveten i sjøen.
B1930
Og da de var blitt mette, lettet de skibet ved å kaste levnetsmidlene i havet.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 6:25

    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?

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  • Jonah 1:5

    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 deep sleep.

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  • Acts 27:18–19

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

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  • Matthew 16:26

    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?

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  • Job 2:4

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

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  • Hebrews 12:1

    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.

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