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Ac 27:38 King James And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
when they had eaten enough, &c.--With fresh strength after the meal, they make a third and last effort to lighten the ship, not only by pumping, as before, but by throwing the whole cargo of wheat into the sea (see on Act 27:6).
 
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6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.