Acts 27:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.”
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“After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 27:38 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
- 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?
- Luke 12:23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Acts 27:18We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
- 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.
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