Hechos 27:38

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

39 Y como se hizo de día, no conocían la tierra; mas veían un golfo que tenía orilla, al cual acordaron echar, si pudiesen, la nave.

40 Cortando pues las anclas, las dejaron en la mar, largando también las ataduras de los gobernalles; y alzada la vela mayor al viento, íbanse á la orilla.