Acts 27:6

And there, the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, he put us in it.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

In Context

5And having sailed across the depths along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, of Lycia.

7And sailing slowly during considerable days, and with difficulty having come along the Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under lee of Crete, along Salmone.

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Cross References

Acts 18:24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

Acts 28:11And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:2-12

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 4 And when we had launched… Read the whole commentary →

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