Acts 27:38

The passengers eat. hearty meal and now have the strength and resolve to lighten the ship even further by unfolding the wheat on board. It appears that up to this point the crew had been trying not only to save the ship but. good portion of the cargo as well, but now the choice is between saving the wheat and saving themselves. It is always interesting to see how valueless possessions and money are when your life is on the line. "It was no easy task to raise the sacks of grain from the hold of the ship and dump them overboard, for the storm is still raging, and the ship must have been pitching and tossing" (Reese p. 915).