Hechos 27:38

38 Y satisfechos de comida, aliviaban la nave, echando el grano al mar

Hechos 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.

Hechos 27:38 In-Context

36 Entonces todos teniendo ya mejor ánimo, comieron ellos también

37 Y éramos todas las personas en la nave doscientas setenta y seis

38 Y satisfechos de comida, aliviaban la nave, echando el grano al mar

39 Cuando se hizo de día, no conocían la tierra; pero veían un golfo que tenía orilla, al cual acordaron echar, si pudieran, la nave

40 Alzando las anclas, se dejaron al mar, largando también las ataduras de los gobernalles; y alzada la vela mayor al soplo del aire, íbanse a la orilla