Acts 27:38

Overview - Acts 27
1	Paul shipping towards Rome,
10	foretells of the danger of the voyage,
11	but is not believed.
14	They are tossed to and fro with tempest;
41	and suffer shipwreck;
44	yet all come safe to land.

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Acts 27:38 (King James Version)
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

they lightened: Acts 27:18 Acts 27:19 ; Job 2:4 ; Jonah 1:5 ; Matthew 6:25 ; 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.