They were stumbling\par and falling like drunk men.\par Their skill as sailors was useless.\par
Acts 27:18 - Easy To Read Version The next day the storm was blowing us so hard that the men threw some things out of the ship. {\cf2\super [514]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; American Standard Version (1901) And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; Common English Bible We were so battered by the violent storm that the next day the men began throwing cargo overboard. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship. |
They were stumbling\par and falling like drunk men.\par Their skill as sailors was useless.\par
The men wanted to make the boat lighter to stop it from sinking. So they began throwing the cargo {\cf2\super [5]} into the sea. The sailors were very scared. Each man began praying to his god.
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.
Life is more important than food. And the body is more important than clothes.
Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter \{in their business\} with the people of their time than spiritual people are.
We ate all we wanted. Then we began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.
We have those many people \{of faith\} around us. Their lives tell us what faith means. So we should be like them. We too should run the race that is before us and never stop trying. We should take away \{from our lives\} anything that would stop us. And we should take away the sin that so easily catches us.