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Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten enough, they lyghted the shippe, and cast out the wheate into the sea.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Mariners (Sailors);   Paul;   Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Wheat;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Euroclydon;   Julius;   Melita;   Ship;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alexandria;   Centurion;   Joseph;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Italy;   Nero;   Ships and Boats;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arts;   Sea ;   Ship ;   Wheat ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Melita;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lycia;   Ships and Boats;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
King James Version (1611)
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
King James Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
English Standard Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
New American Standard Bible
When they had eaten enough, they began lightening the ship by throwing the wheat out into the sea.
New Century Version
When they had eaten all they wanted, they began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.
Amplified Bible
After they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat [from Egypt] overboard into the sea.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Berean Standard Bible
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Contemporary English Version
and after everyone had eaten, they threw the cargo of wheat into the sea to make the ship lighter.
Complete Jewish Bible
After they had eaten all they wanted, they lightened the ship by dumping the grain into the sea.
Darby Translation
And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Easy-to-Read Version
We ate all we wanted. Then we began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.
George Lamsa Translation
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by taking the wheat and throwing it into the sea.
Good News Translation
After everyone had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing all the wheat into the sea.
Lexham English Bible
And when they had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
Literal Translation
And being filled with food, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat out into the sea.
American Standard Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Bible in Basic English
And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
Hebrew Names Version
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
International Standard Version
After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping the wheat into the sea.
Etheridge Translation
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took up the wheat and sent it into the sea.
Murdock Translation
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took the wheat and cast it into the sea.
English Revised Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing 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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Weymouth's New Testament
After eating a hearty meal they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei weren fillid with mete, and dischargiden the schip, and castiden whete in to the see.
Update Bible Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast the wheat into the sea.
New English Translation
When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
New King James Version
So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.
New Living Translation
After eating, the crew lightened the ship further by throwing the cargo of wheat overboard.
New Life Bible
After they had eaten, they threw the wheat into the sea so the ship would not be as heavy.
New Revised Standard
After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they were satisfied with food, they began lightening the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
Revised Standard Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whe they had eate ynough they lightened ye ship and cast out the wheate into the see.
Young's Literal Translation
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they had eaten ynough, they lightened the shippe, and cast out the wheate in to the see.
Mace New Testament (1729)
when they had eat enough, they threw the wheat over board to ease the ship:
Simplified Cowboy Version
When everyone had finished, they threw the rest of the grain into the sea to lighten the load on the ship.

Contextual Overview

21 But after long abstinence, Paul stoode foorth in the middes of them, and sayde: Syrs, ye shoulde haue harkened to me, & not to haue loosed fro Candie, neither to haue brought vnto vs this harme and losse. 22 And nowe I exhort you to be of good chere: For there shalbe no losse of any mans lyfe among you, but of the shippe. 23 For there stoode by me this nyght, the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue, 24 Saying: Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that sayle with thee. 25 Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me. 26 Howbeit, we must be cast into a certayne Ilande. 27 But when the fourtenth nyght was come, as we were saylyng in Adria, about mydnyght the shypmen deemed that there appeared some countrey vnto them: 28 And sounded, and founde it twentie faddomes. And when they had gone a litle further, they sounded agayne, and founde it fyfteene faddomes. 29 Then fearyng lest they shoulde haue fallen on some rocke, they caste foure anckers out of the sterne, and wisshed for the day. 30 And as the shypmen were about to flee out of the shippe, when they had let downe the boate into the sea, vnder a colour, as though they woulde haue cast anckers out of the foreshippe,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they lightened: Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Job 2:4, Jonah 1:5, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 16:26, Hebrews 12:1

The wheat: The Romans imported corn from Egypt, by way of Alexandria, to which this ship belonged; for a curious account of which see Bryant's treatise on the Euroclydon.

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:6 - and a time to cast Mark 13:15 - General Luke 12:23 - General Philippians 3:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 27:10
And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee before his death.
Genesis 27:12
My father shall peraduenture feele mee, and I shall seeme vnto hym as though I went about to begyle hym, and so shall I bryng a curse vpon me, and not a blessyng.
Genesis 27:24
And he asked him: art thou my sonne Esau? And he sayde: that I am.
Genesis 27:26
And his father Isahac said vnto him: Come neare, and kysse me, my sonne.
Genesis 27:34
When Esau hearde the wordes of his father, he cryed aloude & bitterly, aboue measure, and sayde vnto his father: blesse me, I also am [thy sonne] O my father.
Genesis 27:36
And he said agayne: Is not he rightly named Iacob? for he hath vndermyned me nowe two tymes. [First] he toke away my birthright: and see, nowe hath he taken away my blessyng also. And he sayde: hast thou kept neuer a blessyng for me?
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelue tribes of Israel: and this their father spake vnto them, and blessed them, euery one of them blessed he with a seueral blessing.
Isaiah 65:14
Beholde, my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quietnesse of heart: but ye shal crye for sorowe of heart, and complaine for vexation of minde.
Hebrews 12:17
For ye knowe, howe that afterwarde when he woulde haue inherited the blessyng, he was reprobated: For he founde no place of repentaunce, though he sought it with teares.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they had eaten enough,....] Were satisfied, having eaten a full meal:

they lightened the ship; of its burden, that it might the better carry them to the shore, and that by the following method:

and cast out the wheat into the sea; which seems to have been part of the ship's provision; or one part of their lading, which they brought from Egypt, and were carrying to Italy: they had cast out some of the goods of the ship before, and also the tackling of the ship, and now, last of all, the wheat; for what was eatable they reserved till last, not knowing to what extremity they might be reduced.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They lightened the ship - By casting the wheat into the sea. As they had no hope of saving the cargo, and had no further use for it, they hoped that by throwing the wheat overboard the ship would draw less water, and that thus they would be able to run the vessel on the shore.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. They lightened the ship — They hoped that, by casting out the lading, the ship would draw less water; in consequence of which, they could get nearer the shore.


 
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