Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:38

38 Tāmen chī bǎo le , jiù bǎ chuán shàng de maìzi , pāo zaì hǎi lǐ , wéi yào jiào chuán qīng yídiǎn .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:38 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:38

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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 27:38 In-Context

36 Yúshì tāmen dōu fàng xià xīn , yĕ jiù chī le .

37 Wǒmen zaì chuán shàng de , gōng yǒu èr bǎi qī shí liù gèrén

38 Tāmen chī bǎo le , jiù bǎ chuán shàng de maìzi , pāo zaì hǎi lǐ , wéi yào jiào chuán qīng yídiǎn .

39 Dào le tiān liàng , tāmen bú rènshi nà dìfang , dàn jiàn yī gè hǎi wān , yǒu àn kĕ dēng , jiù shāngyì néng bǎ chuán lǒng jìn qù bùnéng .

40 Yúshì kǎn duàn lǎn suǒ , qì maó zaì hǎi lǐ , tóng shí yĕ sōng kāi duò shéng , lá qǐtóu péng , shùn zhe fēng xiàng àn xíng qù .