Acts 27:38
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
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they lightened.

Acts 27:18, 19
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo. . . .

Job 2:4
"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Jonah 1:5
The 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 deep sleep.

Matthew 6:25
Therefore 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?

Matthew 16:26
What 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 12:1
Therefore, 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.

The wheat.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

King James Bible
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.

International Standard Version
After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping its cargo of wheat into the sea.

NET Bible
When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when they were filled with food, they lightened the ship, and they took wheat and threw it into the sea.
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