Acts 27:38-44 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.… What is the use of gaining strength by eating, unless we are to put our strength to some practical service? We might as well starve for lack of food as to live worthless lives while we have bread enough and to spare. It is of less importance that we have our breakfast than that we do something worth doing after breakfast. If any man will not work, neither let him eat. What if you do go to school? What if you have been to college? What if you are a great reader? What if you listen to the best sermons ever preached? What if you study the Bible week days and Sunday? What is to come of your having this full fare? When you have eaten enough, what work are you going to do on shipboard — or on shore? (H. C. Trumbull, D. D.) Parallel Verses 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. |
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