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The Shipwreck

Acts 27:38

In 9 translations

BSB
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
KJV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
WEB
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
ASV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
LSV
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
YLT
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
DBY
And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
DRC
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
GNV
And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include τῆς (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont add τῆς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
κορεσθέντες δὲ τροφῆς ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
RP2018
Κορεσθέντες δὲ τῆς τροφῆς ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
TR-Boyd
Κορεσθέντες δὲ τροφῆς ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.
SCR1894
κορεσθεντες δε τροφης εκουφιζον το πλοιον εκβαλλομενοι τον σιτον εις την θαλασσαν

Who and where

◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul is shipwrecked by a storm

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  • Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a…
  • Acts 27:18–19We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
  • Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
  • Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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