Acts Chapter 27 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 27:6

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.
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BBE Acts 27:6

And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.
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DARBY Acts 27:6

and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, he made us go on board her.
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KJV Acts 27:6

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
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WEB Acts 27:6

There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.
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YLT Acts 27:6

and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - For, for into, A.V. He put us therein; ἐνεβίβασεν, only here in the New Testament, and once in the LXX. (Proverbs 4:11). It is a nautical term for embarking men on board ship (Thucydides, Xenophon, Lucian, etc.), and is also used by medical writers for "placing patients in a bath." The corn-vessel (naris frumentaria) from Alexandria to Italy may very probably have been driven out of its direct course by the same contrary winds which forced St. Paul to sail under Cyprus (see Howson, vol. it. p. 325, note 5), or commercial objects may have brought it to Lycia, to carry Asiatic merchandize to Rome, in addition to its cargo of Egyptian wheat - possibly "timber from the woody mountains of Lycia" (Lewin, vol. it. p. 188, note).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) A ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy.--A glance at the map will show that the ship, which was probably one of those engaged in the corn-trade between Egypt and Rome, must have been driven out of its course. This may have been owing to the prevalence of the westerly winds already noticed. The Alexandrian traders, however, as a rule, avoided taking the course along the coast of Africa, through fear of the quicksands of the great Syrtis, and took that between Crete and the Peloponnesus. The presence of this merchantship led to a change of plan. It seemed an easier and more expeditious route to go straight to Rome, instead of landing at Mysia, and then taking another ship to Macedonia in order to journey by land to the coast of the Adriatic. A local inscription describes Myra as a "horrea," or store-house of corn (Lewin's St. Paul, ii. p. 187), and the Alexandrian ship may therefore have gone thither to discharge part of its cargo. It has been assumed, but on insufficient grounds, that Aristarchus here parted from St. Paul, and went on in the Adramyttium ship.