And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; Lightened the ship - Of what, we know not; but it was probably cumbrous wares, by which the deck was thronged, and which were prejudicial to the due trim of the vessel.
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Acts 27:18
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;