Acts 27:38 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

After the people had eaten all they wanted, they lightened the ship by dumping the wheat into the sea.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

ASV:

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

BBE:

And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

DBY:

And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.

ERV:

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

WEY:

After eating a hearty meal they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.

WBS:

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast the wheat into the sea.

WEB:

When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

YLT:

and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

Acts 27:38 Cross References

XREF:

Jonah 1:5 Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

Acts 27:18 The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

27:38 They lightened the ship. It was needful to beach it in just as shallow water as possible.
And cast out the wheat into the sea. Hence the cargo was thrown overboard. As might be expected in an Alexandrian ship, the cargo was wheat. Egypt was then the granary of Rome.

WES:

27:38 Casting out the wheat - So firmly did they now depend on what St. Paul had said.

MHC:

27:30-38 God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but tempt him, when we say we put ourselves under his protection, if we do not use proper means, such as are within our power, for our safety. But how selfish are men in general, often even ready to seek their own safety by the destruction of others! Happy those who have such a one as Paul in their company, who not only had intercourse with Heaven, but was of an enlivening spirit to those about him. The sorrow of the world works death, while joy in God is life and peace in the greatest distresses and dangers. The comfort of God's promises can only be ours by believing dependence on him, to fulfil his word to us; and the salvation he reveals must be waited for in use of the means he appoints. If God has chosen us to salvation, he has also appointed that we shall obtain it by repentance, faith, prayer, and persevering obedience; it is fatal presumption to expect it in any other way. It is an encouragement to people to commit themselves to Christ as their Saviour, when those who invite them, clearly show that they do so themselves.

CONC:

Cast Casting Eaten Eating Forth Grain Hearty Less Lighten Lightened Lightening Meal Nourishment Overboard Satisfied Ship Sufficient Themselves Throwing Turning Wanted Weight Wheat

Cast Eaten Eating Enough Food Forth Grain Hearty Lightened Lightening Meal Nourishment Overboard Satisfied Sea Ship Sufficient Themselves Throwing Turning Wanted Weight Wheat

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