Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Act 27:38 — And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
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they lightened   Act 27:18,19; Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mat 6:25; Mat 16:26; Hbr 12:1
the wheat   The Romans imported corn from Egypt, by way of Alexandria, to which this ship belonged; for a curious account of which see Bryant's treatise on the Euroclydon.
Correlating Passages
they lightened
Act 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;
Act 27:19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Jon 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Mat 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Hbr 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 27:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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