Acts 27:6

Modern

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

Traditional

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

Literal

And there the centurion, having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, placed us into it.

Latin

…et ibi inveniens centurio navem Alexandrinam navigantem in Italiam, transposuit nos in eam.

Greek

English

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

Luke gives a detailed description of the sea journey. The ship traveled north and then west along the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
Myra was an important stop. Ships from Egypt carrying grain (food crops like wheat) to Italy regularly stopped there.

The graphic language describing sailing in the story of Paul's journey to Rome provides one of the best accounts of an ancient sea journey.
This is the last "we" section in Acts (see also 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). During Paul's two years of imprisonment, Luke probably researched his gospel throughout Judea and Galilee. Here, as part of Paul's sailing group, he had a personal witness of the dangers at sea.

Theme notes and profiles

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 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.
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,

Alexandria: A major city in Egypt Italy: A region in southern Europe, home to the Roman Empire