Atti 27:38

38 E quando furono saziati di cibo, alleviarono la nave, gittando il frumento in mare.

Atti 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.

Atti 27:38 In-Context

36 E tutti, fatto buon animo, presero anch’essi cibo.

37 Or noi eravamo in su la nave fra tutti dugensettantasei persone.

38 E quando furono saziati di cibo, alleviarono la nave, gittando il frumento in mare.

39 E, quando fu giorno, non riconoscevano il paese; ma scorsero un certo seno che avea lito, nel qual presero consiglio di spinger la nave, se potevano.

40 Ed avendo ritratte le ancore, ed insieme sciolti i legami de’ timoni, si rimisero alla mercè del mare; ed alzata la vela maestra al vento, traevano al lito.