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Acts 27:38 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.Acts 27:38 · King James Version
Acts 27:38 in context
36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- lightenedkouphizōto be light, to lighten, a ship by throwing the cargo overboardG2893 →
- enoughkorennymito satiate, sate, satisfyG2880 →
- eatentrophēfood, nourishmentG5160 →
- wheatsitoswheat, grainG4621 →
- shipploiona shipG4143 →
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We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sake.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-44