Bible Strands
Acts 27:6
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader while recounting the journey from Myra, where a centurion transfers the group onto a vessel bound for Italy.
The words — The participle εὑρὼν (heurōn) literally means "having found," and Ἀλεξανδρῖνον (Alexandrinon) identifies the vessel as belonging to Alexandria.
The thread — This same Alexandrian ship appears in Acts 28:11 after wintering on the island, while the city's presence is earlier noted in Acts 6:9 and Acts 18:24.
Why it lands — The text records a centurion securing transport, which moves the group from Lycia toward Italy without narrative commentary on divine intervention.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
Cross-references
- Acts 28:11 After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
- Acts 6:9 But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
- Acts 18:24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
- Acts 27:1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.