And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest Better, with R. V."and as we laboured exceedingly with the storm." The storm waxed in violence.

the next day they lightened the ship This is not as precise as the original. Read "they set about throwing the cargo overboard." The verb is an imperfect, and the noun is used in classical Greek for "a cargo cast forth." The ship was probably carrying corn from Alexandria to Italy, and if so the load would be a heavy one and its removal a great relief to the struggling vessel. On the African supply of corn to Italy cp. Juv. Sat. v. 118 seqq.

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